Ordinary Good.
Been missing my blog the last few days trying to get some work finished.
So want to stop just for a minutes, reconnect with the blogosphere and link up with Five Minute Friday.
Unedited writing. Probably not very clever for me at this point — but here we go . . .
Our prompt: Ordinary
Go.
When I was young, I would have said that there is nothing worse than ordinary.
Sameness, boring days. One sunset sliding into the next dawn.
But now that I am older, ordinary isn’t so bad.
For now I know of friends who get sick — like not just flu-sick, the sick that takes-over-your-healthy body sick.
I know of financial difficulties — not just a day when I dip below zero in my account, but lose-your-house financial difficulties.
I know of stress caused by uncertainty and children and jobs.
Ordinary seems safe and welcome.
If only it could seem adventurous as well.
For now I’ll just take boring.
What about you? Is ordinary good or bad these days?
Linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker and . . .
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Can I say that I hear you loud and clear? I guess ordinary can be good or bad depending on where you’re standing. Financial difficulties? Check. Losing a home? Check. Job stress? Double check. Thanks for reminding me of the times when I long for ordinary.
Happy Friday.
Thank you for visiting me this morning! Yes, I totally get where you are coming from. Sometimes, the ordinary – run of the mill type of day is safe. That means nothing bad has happened to shake you out of your ordinary flow of life. I agree.
Have a great ordinary Friday!
Beth
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Hi Jamie
Reading your words makes me realize that what I consider as ordinary and boring can be another less fortunate person’s extra-ordinary dream. Like having a house, a room of your own, three meals per day and all those “ordinary” privileges!!!
Happy FMF and a blessed weekend.
Much love
Mia
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I probably wrote the exact opposite today! Adventerous seems safe & warm ….if only it could be ordinary. lol. Good words!
grace at {gabbing with grace} recently posted..Be Grace
Ordinary and safe, yes. I feel that some days too. Trying to look at my Ordinary Days as an adventure, none-the-less. Been missing your blog posts!
Missy recently posted..Five Minute Friday
It’s all about perspective isn’t it? I need this reminder when I grow frustrated with the ordinary everyday.
Just let something happen to shake up our ordinary lives, and then we long for the “good ole days.” Ordinary is comforting!
Jerralea recently posted..Ordinary Girl / Extraordnary Father
Yes to all of this.
I remember reading an interview with a young woman, so young, diagnosed with cancer when she was only 32. She had 2 little children — one a newborn.
She never did survive the cancer, it took only 3 years before she was gone BUT I will always remember this quote: The interviewer asked her how she managed with laundry and grocery shopping and two small children and doctor appointments and all the regularness of living life when the unregularness of cancer was going on.”
She responded, “The mundane, the laundry, the packing of day care lunches, the making of the beds, the mundane of the everyday is what I wish for. A lifetime of more, more of the typical.”
I really do think of that everyday. I think, thank God I can do laundry, and cook, and clean, and that tomorrow, GOD will bless me with another day of the mundane..
Thank you for this post.
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Alexandra recently posted..Almost Two Years Ago
At rest. It sounds delicious, somewhere I want to be and then devour. My worries seem so all-encompassing and ever present. I should just calm down, and visit that place where I can be quiet. Life is short.
Natalie the Singingfool recently posted..My Life is Not a Movie, My Life is Not a Novel
Yes, I would welcome ordinary into my life with open arms.