In her novel, The Nice and the Good (1968), (Iris) Murdoch wrote: "Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary everyday mode
of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self. To be damned
is for one's ordinary everyday mode of consciousness to be unremitting
agonising preoccupation with self." From today's Writer's Almanac
How true! This is an addendum for yesterday's post about perspective. What keeps you happy and engaged during this pandemic? MB once said to me that in retirement a person needs a daily focus or the day disappears with little to show for it. This rings true with my experience both in retirement and in quarantine. There is something deep with in me that feels a need for some type of accomplishment. It needn't be anything major but some project worked on or accomplished. One of the gifts of quarantining here is the availability of such projects which also keep me safe from COVID.
Today, being another 'June like' day I began with a good walk. Trygve's tickled to accompany and I've always like walking. I've made a personal commitment to at least one longer walk every week.
Life remains good at The Little House and I'm grateful!
Takk for alt,
Al
How true! This is an addendum for yesterday's post about perspective. What keeps you happy and engaged during this pandemic? MB once said to me that in retirement a person needs a daily focus or the day disappears with little to show for it. This rings true with my experience both in retirement and in quarantine. There is something deep with in me that feels a need for some type of accomplishment. It needn't be anything major but some project worked on or accomplished. One of the gifts of quarantining here is the availability of such projects which also keep me safe from COVID.
Today, being another 'June like' day I began with a good walk. Trygve's tickled to accompany and I've always like walking. I've made a personal commitment to at least one longer walk every week.
Life remains good at The Little House and I'm grateful!
Takk for alt,
Al
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| My Thai students are much on my mind. |
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