I went for my morning walk today.
To avoid the crowd I decided to start early. Not that the route that I’m taking is full of people but I’m just fond of the morning vibes. Less people less car and if I’m lucky enough I can hear the birds singing.
Just when I’m a few hundred steps away from the gate, it started to drizzle. Yes, rain. Part of me wanted to turn back, the other halves said, “it’s only water”. Guess what, that half won. I kept walking. Worst case I’ll be drenched (mind you, I’m talking about 10km walk) on a happier note this could be my bonus because it has been a while since I last walked in the rain.
Three-quarter of the journey I started to ponder about how things were so different the day before. The sun was literally on top of my head (exaggeration I know), and it feels like that was the longest walk in my life (dramatic, again). And voila, this morning the sky was all grey (and still grey while I’m typing this) then it rained. So what I’m actually on about is that I (not going to talk about others) always fail to be in the moment. When it’s sunny I wish it ain’t that warm, and when it rained oh yes girl I wish the opposite.
That thought keeps buzzing in my head, almost judging my past but at the same time I wish I’m able to handle things differently moving forward.
As I crossed the road in front of St. John’s hospital I saw this one lad sweeping the footpath with loads of pebbles scattered everywhere. It wasn’t Adrian. He probably work with the hospital. He looked at me then smiled. I stopped and we chatted for a bit. But this conversation kind of changed my morning.
“I wonder who did that mess” I said.
“Me too but no bother. It’ll keep my morning busy”. he replied followed with a laugh.
Had I been the one who need to do that task I’ll definitely couldn’t handle it the way he did it.
Cuz first of all there’s no way those pebbles can end up on the footpath unless someone in their not so right mind decided to do that. I would go on and on why on earth people do that. And how I can’t understand what’s the logic behind such behaviour. Should anyone start a conversation about that, I’d moan continuously.
The day was grey and wet. That’s good enough to make people become all gloomy. But that lad, he laughed at it.
What are the takeaways from today ‘treat’?
Live in the moment and if you can, laugh a bit cuz whatever stressful thing that you need to deal with won’t matter eventually.
Stay Happy.
Amy