Is your life routine? Mine sure is. And I can bet that even the people we think lead the most interesting lives, must be feeling the same thing....that their life is routine....yes, the grass is always greener on the other side. So, most of my days are the same. As is everyone else around me, I am busy. I work from home, have little kids, have household chores to do, errands to run and yes, the time I take out for myself too....and before I know it, the day is done. And the next day....it is pretty much the same. There are days when the monotony of the daily routine gets to me and I have often remarked to my husband....I can predict exactly how tomorrow is going to be....it is going to be exactly the same as today was. But we are creatures of habit and so there is also a lot of comfort in the daily routine. Today someone mentioned to me....We should notice that we may be busy but that it is a good thing. A lot of people are not so fortunate....or are recovering from a tsunami!....And I really could not agree more. We are busy because we have jobs (there are so many people who are out of jobs in this economy today, so many people losing their homes to foreclosures)....because we have healthy kids (there are so many parents who are taking care of their really sick kids and whose kids won't be around to see their next birthday) and because we have a home and the means to provide food for our family (there are so many in this world who live on the streets and have no food to eat....I cannot even imagine what the families in Japan are going through right now without food and shelter). So we are busy because we are blessed. And the next time I feel like complaining about my daily routine, I will instead count my blessings and be happy doing what I am doing.
Signing off looking forward to another routine day tomorrow and this quote by Ben Nicholas
'Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.'
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