We all have busy lives. Work, family; social life; friends; hobbies
it all takes up your time and it is easy to get stressed with the day to day.
When you are busy like that sometimes you can get bogged
down by the small stuff, and let it take over, making you tired, irritable and
ill tempered. I’m not talking about
proper depression here, just the day to day things that exasperate you.
I’ll admit that I’ve been like
that a lot recently. I haven’t been
sleeping too well and I’ve been worried about my university course which has
led to my being snappish, irritable and generally not in the best of moods.
I received a little perspective
last night. A friend whom I haven’t seen
for around a year had won an award relating to his business and was in the
local paper. I read with horror that he
had been diagnosed with cancer six months ago.
He is four years younger than me.
At 28 years old, with a wife and
young child and a new business venture, he set up a desk from his hospital bed
and made that business a success, cancer or no cancer.
Even with that news, by mid
morning today, I was again back in the rut of tired, grumpy and over
worked. Then I remembered him. It is too easy to get drawn down into the
mundane details of life. I think we all
need some perspective like that to keep everything in the balance.
I may be a bit stressed out at
the moment, I may be a bit tired, but I have my health, my friends, my family,
I’m happy. Things could be so much
worse.
The small things don’t matter. When you look back at your life 10 years from now; the fact that
you were tired one day or were too busy on another won’t even factor. The fact that you were happy and living your
life to the full will.
