“I got the blues thinking of the future, so I…” (Great Work quote)
I got the blues thinking of the future,
so I left off and made some marmalade.
It’s amazing how it cheers one up to
shred oranges and scrub the floor.”
~ D. H. Lawrence
You know how sometimes writing is dated because they quote chunks of Latin, expecting us all to be able to translate – or how they just lump in everybody as Man? Well, there’s something about a love of making marmalade that’s also a little, shall we say 19th Century?
That all said, I love this as an insight about how to get out of stuck and back on track. Stop thinking about it. Go do something, anything (even make marmalade) that gets you moving again.
For those of us stuck behind computers, we can forget that the role of our body isn’t solely to carry our brain around.
Get out, get moving.
- “At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by…” (Great Work quote)
- “Map out your future – but do it in pencil…” (Great Work quote)
- “Patience is also a form of action” (Great Work quote)
- “…uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism” (Great Work quote)
- “Love. And Fear. Love. And Fear. That’s all it is. That’s all it is.” (Great Work quote)
Hey! That’s exactly what I did on Saturday. Feeling kind of low, so I though DO SOMETHING! and so I made strawberry-thyme jam. It works.
Feeling very stuck and down today so took this wonderful advice and did a load of cooking! Feeling much better now and much more energetic. The cooking needed to be done and I had been so focussed on my work that I had forgotten to enjoy myself in the kitchen!! So now I have had some fun today, I am ready to get “back to work” and no doubt the inspiration will flow just as soon as I decide what to tackle first!
Ana and Shelley – love the cooking stories! Feels good, tastes good…