I've been reminded... & BloggerPlay

... of the important things in life. The things that matter. I haven't posted in so long because I've been busy. Working too hard. Spending my hours sitting in an office. During the summer, it was quiet and I was watching my clock slowly add up to 7 hours a day. And suddenly it became very busy and what with all the other wee projects and ideas I had taking up space in my head - I was overcome and found myself having to retire to bed for five days and call in to work sick. I'm still not energised enough to contemplate a day's work.

But to my sick bed came friends and family. Making lunch for me and letting me boss them around. And we had time to sit together. And to talk. And share jokes and ideas and thoughts. And it's so important.

I used to work part-time but got a notion in my head that I might like to buy a property... or rent in a better part of the city... and so I took on a full time job (in a role that isn't my ideal job). All for money, more or less. When I worked part-time, my afternoons were my own. I was more flexible to make arrangements to meet friends with hectic schedules. I was relaxed and experienced a counter side to life. I really enjoyed that time. I'm sorry it's not the way I'm living currently. I'm going to look into changing back to that lifestyle.

But apart from that realisation, another episode occured just now. I logged on to BloggerPlay. It's a slideshow of the pictures as people are posting on to blogger. Some pics are of groups of people. Some are of landscapes, great scenery. There are sunsets, mountains. People post pics of things they are interested in; that help describe their post I suppose - an idea they have about a painting they saw, perhaps. There was a picture of a house under construction. It is these type of events that life is about.

I know there is the other side of life. The drudgery. The tedium. The plodding along the path which you hope will arrive at your ambitious place. Not all jobs can be challenging, fun; at least not all the time. But I think I need to strive higher than putting up with where I am.

Through this illness and watching other people's pics float by on my screen, I have been reminded that it is of utmost important to pause and question what we're doing with our lives now and again - that at least, even if nothing changes.