So, how was your day? Chances are, it was like this: "Went to work, don't like my job, interacted with coworker x. Came home, did some dinner; that was ok."
Generic... blah, in fact.
The truth of the matter is, your day was probably full of fantastic moments that you forgot as quickly as you witnessed them. Moments that may not seem worth writing home about, but they're definitely worth writing to yourself about. Perhaps on the commute, the sun lit up the skyscrapers, gold and rose. Or on the way to lunch, the sound of a street musician playing a horn- not well, but a welcome surprise. Maybe the pavement smelled of rain, reminding you of what it feels like to wake up to a drizzly morning in the mountains.
The point is, your day probably wasn't ordinary at all.
So how do you change the way you remember your days? Start with a simple, once-a-day exercise. If you journal, write down 3 moments in your day that seem fit for a fanciful, artistic reflection. If you don't, tell someone who asks how your day was. If no one seems likely to ask, tell someone anyway. It won't take long- a few days, a week- before you start paying more attention to those particular moments, training your mind to recognize and remember them.
Warm rumbly cats, the reflection of morning sun off a yellow wall, and an unexpected kiss from a lover.
-m.
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4 comments:
thank you for doing your part to make the world a better place!
I just want to remind everyone that even when everything is rose-colored, don't use that as an excuse to not plant roses :)
Thanks for your post, Mike! I'm looking forward to reading more from you.
My rose-colored vision for the day includes the fact that Mike has a bloggity-blog. Woohoo!
Alphonse Karr said..."Some people are always grumbling that roses have thorns. I am just thankful that thorns have roses." Days and even life are made up of those little not so ordinary moments.
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