It has rained for the past two weeks here, and today marks the start of the third week, the third rainy Monday. The damp and cold air makes me, and many others I know, just want to snuggle down and stay inside. It makes me pay attention to home. You can’t really go out, so what else are you going to do?
In this day and age of the faster the better, go out, have fun, the more the merrier….there is something so wonderful about spending a quiet weekend at home, nesting about, enjoying the cozy. Indeed, the fleece lined leggings and fuzzy warm slippers were well worn as I happily hummed about. The laundry washed, folded and put away, floors cleaned, garage cleaned, kitchen and spare bedroom looks good. Working hard to get those things checked off the to do list, while balancing the fine art of relaxing, resting and nestling in the covers.
Soon it will turn cold, at least for this part of the country. The holidays are coming, with family, celebrations and lots of food. Soon it will be time for winter hibernation – that time when it’s too cold to go outside for much, so inside becomes a cozy escape. And this year I will have much to do while inside, keeping the house nice while crossing projects off the ever growing to do list.
And I wonder, will it ever all be done? Is there ever a day when we look up, and realize that we have completed that list? That the projects are done, and we have nothing to do? In a way I hope not. Because that means we have stopped. IN life, we must always be curious about our world and those in it. Not to say that we can’t enjoy being still and quiet. But we must never loose that zest and passion for life. We must drink in those wonderful perfect moments, whether it’s sitting by a fire with a great book on a cold night, or hiking through the woods on a chilly morning, or cuddled up watching a movie with your sweetie, drink it up. Enjoy it.
That to do list will always be there (probably). While you’re at it, why not add a few things to that list? Enjoy those moments, drink more hot chocolate, laugh more, watch a great movie, or better yet, wrap yourself in that blanket and good book. Now that’s the kind of to do list that I would hope never ends.
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