"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Friday, February 11, 2011
Simple Choices
I was feeling a little harried today and I decided to do something about it. As I slipped into the weekend, I have a half a dozen or more rather complex errands that I need to resolve. There is no pressing need on them, nothing urgent, nothing life altering, but I would like to get them done. Since I work full time, on a normal weekend, the weekend is generally split half and half between things I want to do and things I have to do. Errands like these, which I would call errands of middle importance, tend to get shuffled to the side - over and over. Some of them have been riding along in my "to do" list for a couple of months. So, rather then let myself feel a little harried because of the things I needed to do - I just opted out of some of the things I could. I simplified by letting them go.
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