So, then. Yes, indeed. We can return to our regular neuroses, folks! Not sure how everyone else spent their day, but mine included work, shopping and some wine'n'chatter with friends. Nothing exciting, pretty typical. The 21st was a meh day.
Come to think of it, I don't know of anyone in my personal circle (or beyond it) that was caught up in the Mayan prophecy wave of paranoia and panic. I do know, though, that there are a gaggle of dubious authors and 'authorities' who wrote and sold scads of books on 2012. They made a fortune.
Dunno about you, but the world feels pretty much the very same today as it did yesterday. Our problems didn't disappear, life didn't get suddenly rosy, there was no expansion or contraction of the ailments or awards of life.
Life is, and it is.
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Most interesting experiences loom on my personal horizon. Things that could change the trajectory of my life in compelling ways. My certain drudgeries are suddenly becoming not so certain anymore. And the passage of my short-term time will tell if my personal orbit is about to shift, shuffle and settle into a very new direction.
I wait, breath bated, to see just what is going to unfold before me. Good things come.
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I must go tackle the crowds, mindless in shuffle and purchase, automatons bent on consumption. I am chagrined to say I am one of them today. I will tuck in, collect, and duck out.
A dozen years in mail operations has stripped away the joy of the season... I've done nothing but wearily endure it, watch it pass by in a flash, too tired to care. No decor, no special baking at my house, no outside lights. No energy to put into that. Which sucks, 'cause I used to love entertaining over this holiday season.
I look forward to the time when I can truly relax into and enjoy this season once again in life. Maybe next Christmas, I will actually get to enjoy it, be truly involved in the season at hand.
Meantime, I'll just crave the shortbread I haven't yet baked.
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winter wonderlands
found in moments of quiet
solitude are rare...
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