The Mundane

"My life is not a to do list." ~Unknown

I don't know about y'all, but sometimes, I get really caught up in the mundane part of life. The laundry. Dishes. Bills. Lists. The projects at work that seem like they have to be done by Friday at 5. It's easy to focus on the exciting part of life when you're on a trip or having a fun adventure or crossing a bucket list item off. But the majority of our lives are not spent doing those things. The majority is just every day life. And we have to try and overcome the mundane and find the exciting in that too.

Sometimes, like this week, I need to step back and look at the bigger picture. Because.....this is it, baby. This is life. It's a moment I'll never get back. Tomorrow is a day that will only happen once. In 50 years, I will not care at all if I got my laundry done tonight or if the dishes sit in the sink an extra day. Hell, I won't care about that in 5 days! Sometimes, I just need to be reminded of that. Thankfully, Sarah posted a great quote yesterday that was great and I wanted to share with you guys in case you find yourself in the same boat as me.

If I had my life to live over, I'd try to make more mistakes next time. I would relax. I would limber up. I'd be sillier than I have been on this trip. I know of a very few things I would take seriously. I would be less hygenic. I would take more chances. I would take more trips. I would climb more mountains, swim more rivers and watch more sunsets. I would burn more gasoline and eat more ice cream and less beans. I would have actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones.

You see, I'm one of those people who lives sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I've had my moments. And if I had my life to live over, I'd have more of them. In fact...I'd have nothing else. Just moments one after anoher instead of living so many years ahead each day.

I've been one of those people who never goes anywhere without a theremometer, hot water bottle, rain coat & parachute. If I had my life to live over, I'd go places and do things and travel lighter than I have. If I had my life to live over I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would play hooky more. I wouldn't make good such good grades, except by accident. I'd ride more merry-go-rounds. I'd pick more daisies.

~Nadine Stair, age 85

We don't get to live life over.....but we get to live life now. And hopefully if we do a good enough job at it the first time, we'll have everything covered.