Yesterday I didn’t get onto the computer until quite late and so consequently I was too worried about posting before midnight to put much thought into what I was actually writing (or to delete one of the two “howevers” that I put in). I have a list of things that I can use to be grateful for if I’m in a hurry or lacking imagination. Technology wasn’t on it. As I was writing quickly, I realized how great it was that I could type, see the letters immediately appear on a screen, and just as quickly disappear if I use the delete button, plus watch the time before sending a message that can theoretically be read anywhere on planet earth! It’s an amazing thing. Then I pondered that there are probably millions of people who have expressed this sentiment more eloquently than I, so I searched the internet for a quote that sums up what I mean – except I got sidetracked by the funny quotes about the internet and then decided that I’ve said it the way that I want to say it! (Although I really like quotes!) Anyway, technology goes further than the internet – just about everything we do uses some form of technology. Most of the time we don’t even think about it. For example, for lunch today I went to the freezer (1 – great technology), got the last frozen bagel (2 – because it was cooked in an oven) defrosted it in the microwave (3 – well, it’s actually a combined microwave oven, so I could use the quick set number 5 which defrosts at the same time it is ensuring the food is slightly crispy) and then put a little margarine on top (4 – margarine is definitely a technological wonder!). As I stated above – amazing!! And the bagel was pretty amazing as well. One last thing before I move onto today – is that using ‘technology’ as something to be grateful for, doesn’t take away my ability, at some time in the future, to explicitly say how grateful I am for my Apple© products, that is, my Mac computers, AppleTV, iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. I’m just wanting to make that clear!!
Today I don’t want to be grateful for the bagel. Don’t get me wrong, I was definitely grateful to be eating the bagel, I just don’t want it to be my ‘thing’ for the day. Bagels are yum and not easy to get in the shops that I frequent (which is why I need to go to CostCo more often). I also don’t want to mention or be grateful for the “new toy” again – even though I am still loving it.
Today I am grateful for time spent alone. I know that I am a person who needs people. In 1991 I went away for two nights on my own and just about went mad (I wanted to visit the Isle of Wright and no one else was that interested. I literally found myself in a field talking to a cow! It’s a long and fairly boring story, but true!)
I believe that it is good to set aside time to just be on your own: To be silent and to be still. I like the idea of yoga as well, I just haven’t ever been able to get into it! Ian has taken the kids to the coast and isn’t coming back until Wednesday. I am looking forward to time on my own. Mind you, I didn’t go with him because I have to go into work and I’ve arranged a number of social activities to do whilst they are away, plus there are a few things I need to do in the house! All that aside, I will still eat breakfast alone and spend my evenings as I choose. It sounds very satisfactory.
Today I'll finish with a quote from Virginia Woolf - who wrote the essay "A Room of One's Own" which I used as the basis for my title of today's blog:
“When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?”
OK. I’d better be off – I have to put some music on – this silence is deafening!
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