I spend 2 days a week going to physical therapy for my finger and occasionally I run into the same people there for various reasons all trying to gain some use of there hands back. I've seen the same elderly couple there for awhile now. The woman is there for therapy and her husband comes along for company, both very sweet people. This woman has been sharing some great stories about her family and growing up and it's been nice to laugh a little and reminisce about my own childhood. They are both retired, seem very happy, they're active people and sound as if they get out and enjoy life as much as possible. She shared this funny story with me the other day.
She had been busy cooking and doing things around the house and her husband was relaxing on the couch with his feet up and she asked him, "What do you have planned for today?" His response was,"Nothing." She say's to him,"Didn't you do that yesterday?" and he answered,"Yes, but I'm not finished yet."
You'd think I would be doing a whole lot of nothing since I got injured. It felt that way the first couple days when I was banged up pretty good and just lying around but since then my days are filled with Doctor appointments and running errands, doing what I can around the house and the days seem to roll by. I started the 3.6.5 blog in September and here we are getting ready to gorge ourselves on Turkey dinner and roll our way into December. I haven't worked in 2 months and somehow my days are filled with things to do. I look forward to getting back to somewhat of a normal routine but I hope that I don't forget to occasionally break that routine and enjoy my time with friends and family. It's unfortunate that the almighty dollar dictates alot of our actions on the day to day and somehow we've all been weaved into this web of existence. Gimme 10 bucks to fill my motorcycle tank and 150 miles of open road and I'll show you a break from this routine, one like you ain't never seen. (thank you David Lee Roth!)
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. ~Author unknown
Enjoy Thanksgiving if you choose to celebrate it, enjoy the day if you don't have to work and enjoy doing nothing if you haven't quite finished yet.
Jim
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