Not too long ago, I’ve learn To Kill a Mockingbird once more and observed the narrator Scout Finch speaking in regards to the routine contentment of her younger life rising up in Alabama. What a beautiful phrase – routine contentment.
And so, I believe that’s what I need to search for in my each day routine, being alert to the small joys strung collectively like pearls, pearls singled out within the grit and grind of the odd.
I’m with Phillip Larkin, who wrote that we spend an excessive amount of of our lives with time torn off unused. This doesn’t imply I can be an “Energiser Bunny” in 2024, nevertheless it does imply that I’ll use my time thoughtfully this 12 months.
I’ll, if not precisely seize the day, a minimum of contour it right into a form that guarantees effort of some type for some good.
The Psalmist reminds us: That is the day the Lord has made; allow us to rejoice and be glad in it. (118:24)