To do or not to do?
January 10th, 2007 by robin
After the quiet period of Christmas and New Year, I find myself looking at my 'to do' list which has doubled in the first four working days of 2007. It is easy at times to think that we can give it all up and run a beach bar in a tropical island. In fact I never think that, I always see myself living in a shoreline cottage with stormy winters and long nights in front of a crackling fire.
We all have our places where we can escape to, though I have no doubt within 48 hours of moving into my fantasy cottage by the sea, I would quickly be complaining about the stormy weather and the long nights. I only mention this as a number of people I have spoken to don’t like New Year, it makes them aware of how little they have achieved in the past year.
If you have a chance today over a coffee, write a list of all the things you achieved last year, big or small, but things you are proud about, then write a list of all the things you meant to do and didn’t, I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
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There are moments in life when regardless of how much we think we’ve learned along the way, no matter how dedicated, how focused we may be, the circumstances of our day-to-day existence seem to overpower us and we become distracted from the values we know to be true. Whether it lasts for a fleeting moment, or a longer spell, it is a blessing to have someone who gently reminds us of the need to ask ourselves “where does all of this fit-in in the Grander Scheme of Things?” and subsequently to help recognise the inconsequentiality of the passing moment.
Robin thank you for your “Christmas List” (posted as your final newsletter), which has today served as one of those “gentle reminders”…