Seize the Day

but carefully...

Hello Dear Friend,

Well, it has been quite a week here, and I am a little lost about what to write to you today.

So who knows how this Sunday Letter is going to turn out, please bear with me and normal service will be resumed next week.

Here goes…

Life is short

We spend our days worrying about the little things, the large things, any and all the things really. Is my coffee still hot? What should I cook for dinner? Will it rain tomorrow or can I do the washing? Is there enough petrol in the car?

Are these the things we should be focusing on?

I have come to realise those things are not really that important.

The day-to-day stuff will usually sort itself out.

The really important things are the ones that seem to slide by us without us noticing.

The texts we don’t send, phone calls we don’t make, the letters we put off writing, because, well, there is nothing new to say. Life has been carrying on as usual, I am sure you know what I mean. Why would you write a letter to someone just to say that the school runs went well, and that your boss is still being an arse…

What we forget is the joy of receiving a letter, a postcard, a message, or a text.

It reminds us that someone, out there somewhere, is thinking of us. That they have thought enough about us to do something about it.

So many of us are guilty - and I hold my hands up to this too - of thinking ‘I must send a letter to…’ fill in your person’s name where appropriate. Or ‘I wonder how so and so is doing?’

I am here this week to remind both myself and you, that you need to write those letters, or postcards, and make those phone calls because you never know when your time is up.

Just do it.

Now.

Well, I would be grateful if you listened/read to this first, but if you feel the urge - fly free my pretties and tell your loved ones they are loved.

And before you disappear to write those missives, please remember that I love you. Thank you for reading these missives every week and for your support, it really does make a difference.

Thank you

The reason behind the above

On Tuesday my brother-in-law Alan was taking his little dog for a walk when he collapsed. A kind neighbour took the dog back to his wife after calling for an ambulance. His wife is disabled and housebound.

Alan was taken to the local hospital and then swiftly transferred to the John Radcliffe Hospital a specialist intensive care center.

He had suffered a catastrophic brain haemorrhage, and never woke up. He died on Friday after they withdrew the ventilator support.

Alan was a kind, gentle man, who was battling prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease in a very unassuming way. We had not seen them in person for almost three years, covid being the main cause of this separation, but at the back of it all - the thought that there would always be more time.

Make the most of those you love, hold them close, tell them every day, every hour if you feel the need, tell them how much they mean to you, and show them you care. Because we never know when it is our time to go. Or their time.

If all else fails ;0)

This popped up on my Facebook feed this week, thank you, Linda.

Do Not Seize The Day

Do not seize the day.

This will startle the day and may cause it to become aggressive and give you a nasty bite.

Instead, approach the day calmly without making eye contact, pet it gently and slowly enfold it in a careful embrace.

If the day shows any signs of resistance to being engaged with it is likely to turn on you.

Back off and return to bed.

Sounds like some of our cats…

So however you spend your coming days, whether it is in a flurry of letter writing and phone calls or returning to bed, I wish you a gentle week, filled with love and laughter.

Until next time, as ever, may your angels and guides watch over you and protect you until we meet again.

Love and Light,

Tracy

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