Let it snowHow do you classify a snowy day? Does it register with you as an inconvenience or a gift? Growing up I was an only child. What that means is I have no siblings and lived alone with my mother and step-father. It does not mean I was lonely as I’ve been asked many times before both as a joke or as a serious inquiry into my personal psyche. At least no more lonely than you. A snowy day as a child meant a group snowball fight on the way home. Maybe an angry mother when you told her you lost your glasses somewhere between the school and your house. A twenty minute walk. It also meant a family effort to shovel the driveway and playing with the dogs until you couldn’t feel your finger or toes. Or whipping down the local toboggan hill on your awe inspiring GT racer. A snowy day as an adult means something different. Maybe there’s still a snowball fight, being a single adult, it’s not likely for me. Shoveling the driveway becomes a chore you do alone and sometimes leaves you aggravated as you watch your neighbour snow blow his driveway in minutes while your standing there with snot dripping from your red nose as you adjust your toque. It also means driving. UGH. Blessedly I have upgraded to a vehicle with four wheel drive but with my old truck I was lucky if I made it off my street. The frustration! GAWD. Then sitting there yelling and eventually crying as you give up and struggle your way back into the driveway and make the ‘I’m not coming to work because SNOW!’ phone call. Being an adult doesn’t always have to mean things are worse though. We don’t always have to end up frustrated with our responsibilities. A snowy day to me is a lot of things. Yes sometimes I do bitch face my neighbour hard for his cursed snow blower. Although, there are some days when I actually like shoveling. Yea you heard me. I often count it as the only work out I need for the next few days because my driveway is massive and at least I have a driveway to shovel in the first place. Being an adult does come with a hell of a lot more responsibilities than we were lead to believe, however, it also grants us the maturity and clarity to look at things from different perspectives and see them in a lighter way. As a child everything was life or death. Go big or go home. As an adult there are so many more shades to choose from. You can still choose to be angry at everything one day and then be as calm and blessed as the Dalai Lama the next. Maybe even shine that light at that neighbour and wave to him, say ‘Good Morning’. Life is what you choose it to be. Yes that is much simpler said than done. It’s a struggle, but if you’re struggling then you’re halfway there. It means you’re no longer just giving in and instead, are trying to be conscious of yourself and the way you think. Every day that struggle will get a little less. Life has a way of leaving you more than bruised and broken but you can decide how deep those bruises go. I’ll leave you with this. Next time you find yourself on a snowy day, look up. Look up. *Insert Meryl Streep shouting at the SAG Awards* Feel the stillness and the quiet a fresh snow brings. See how softly it floats down in little wisps. Feel the way it melts on your warm skin and be grateful you’re alive. Take that little dog out and watch him leap and bound through the calm of that storm like a little tornado leaving chunks of snow flying in his wake. Be as happy as he is to be alive. Be as happy in that snow as 8 year old you was and let Meryl cheer you on while you do it! Love - N
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