‘Woke up got out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head.
Made my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up
I noticed I was late…..’
Famous words from ‘A day in the life’ by Lennon/McCartney.
Sound familiar? We do this or something similar every day of our lives. It’s like we are on a Merry-go-round. Same old routine, day in, day out. Nothing changes. Seasons come and seasons go. Every day brings the same old things with it. Ok, ok, we have to go along with it all for there is no alternative, is there? If we analyse our lives it all revolves around survival. We need to eat so we work to get food. We need to sleep so we find somewhere to rest. Everything else we do apart from these two things is superficial. They form the basic needs for our exsistence. However we have developed into beings that want something extra. We want fun, security, love, family, a home, possessions and lots more so we strive to obtain them and it puts us on a merry-go-round from which we cannot get off. At the end of our lives, when the merry-go-round stops for us, what we have achieved is meaningless. All we have really done is to follow a routine and lead a pretty much humdrum exsistence. Oh yes, we flavour it with little moments of self indulgence and it is only these diversions which make it all bearable. What little diversion are you going to indulge in today? A meal out with friends? A trip to the museum? A movie? A night on the town? Whatever you do, do something and get off the merry-go-round for a spell before it stops completely for you.
Shirley Anne
