The Same
Every day is the same –
A familiar comfortable pattern –
Like slipping into a warm glove,
Sitting beside a winter’s fire,
Slipping on an old moppy jumper.
Life has its routine:
We dress and bathe,
Toilet and eat,
Do our chores,
Partake of leisure, work and friends.
We read, write and go about our business
As if the sun will always rise.
Nothing changes –
At least the changes are gradual,
And only glimpsed with disbelieving eyes
As distance gives perspective,
As years slip slowly past.
Then one day it is different
And things will never be the same again.
Opher 5.9.2017
So many events change life forever – death, illness, migration, war, loss of a job, retirement………………..
One minute your world is running along smoothly and the next it is turned upside down and there’s no way back.
These last few years have seen so many of my friends thrown into chaos. All their plans burnt before their eyes. They have to regather and take a deep breath. Then they have to plan how to go forward from where they are now.
Everything seems normal everything is going along day by day then violence enters your world, accidents enter your world, illness and death arrive and suddenly although you accepted the other things this is so different. Death, the door has shut on your life its no longer life. You are not allowed to grieve except deep inside you, life is never the same again, it could never be the same again. No one to turn to no one to talk to, except two children you must bring up. Unfortunately, you have to go on you exist, just bloody exist. Thats the same, same thing day in day out until death comes knocking again.
You’ve had a tough time Anna. Life isn’t fair. But make the most of what you’ve got. There are many good things too.
That is so unfortunately true. It’s so easy to be blindsided by a million different things…
The days seem to follow a pattern and then something major happens and you are thrown out of your rut.
That is what recently happened to you Cheryl, isn’t it? I hope you are fully recovering now?
Yep, that’s what happened. I wish I could say everything was sorted out, but not yet. See the cardiologist tomorrow. May be a pacemaker in my future. And I’m getting close to coming off the prednisone for the Myasthenia Gravis. It’s just too much going on at once for me. Having a hard time dealing so now they’ve put me on an antidepressant. Where do all the pills stop?
My big sister has a pacemaker. She finds it works fine and doesn’t restrict her in any way. This aging business isn’t for the faint-hearted is it? I wish you all the best Cheryl. Get yourself fully well. I’ve been missing you.
Thanks, hon. One day at a time. 🙂
That’s all you can ever do, Cheryl.
Change is very difficult – and like other aspects of life, it is your attitude that will determine how well you adapt. Serious changes like violence, disease, etc. are traumatic, but this is where friends and loved ones can help – empathy, encouragement, and a good swift kick in the ass if necessary. Well done, good sir!
Thanks John.
BTW – I just purchased that education book of yours. I’m looking forward to reading that.