There is not much I hate in this world. I pretty much like everything. I learned to like uncertainty, as it makes life exciting, I learned to like pain, as there is no better feeling than the one when it goes away, I learned to like whatever is weird and ugly, as it is interesting etc.
So I can say I am pretty lucky, that I enjoy my days fully regardless of what comes my way, but… BUT there is one thing I still cannot stand. That is being stuck.
STUCK.
Nothing moves, nothing happens. Days follow one another and I follow them, acquiring age, but not mileage.
Like a sailing boat in calm waters, there is nothing I can do. I can swear, blow, swim but nothing, nothing will work. I have to wait for the wind to fill my sails and the wind is apparently somewhere else. And I am stuck.
Philosophically speaking, I should take this chance as an opportunity. To rest, to think, to study, to prepare new plans and routes to direct my boat once the wind will return. But my gaze keeps chasing the horizon, checking the weathercock to detect any slight movement that could indicate the rise of a little breeze, times and times again. Every day. Every hour. Every minute.
Being wise and knowing what should be done is always good when living somebody else’s life, but when it comes to your own it is not of much use.
A good captain, coping with a discouraged, grumpy and rebellious crew, would probably scrape the bottom of the rum barrel to keep them ‘happy’ until the wind changes. Instead I keep shouting “Everybody to the oars!!!!!”. With a confident and bright smile I tell them that now it is the good time to start rowing: “We’ll start rowing and wind will come! I’ll get you out of this bloody place!! Come on! It’s time to show how strong we are!!!!”. The boat, of course, does not move. The wind does not blow and we are only more frustrated and more tired.
May be I should make sure that the anchor is up. May be.
In the meanwhile, we will enjoy the sun, when it is out. And the rain, the rest (most) of the time. We will also enjoy the landscape, that is of course always the same, but if you focus on the detail, there is still a lot to discover and many reasons for happiness. Like not getting stuck with your heel in the usual dreadful footpath.
Details.
In the end being happy, like everything else, is only matter of exercise!
Pollyanna, a me, mi fa un baffo!
;-)