🌈 1244 – Tuesday, 13 August 2024 23:27

Be grateful for what you have. Big Time!

London

Just put a candle on my desk, to cheer me up, feel a little challenged to find the motivation to write, and wonder what to do, what I can do to feel light, a couple of hours ago, I might have been on the verge of an anxiety, but thankfully, there was no one around an observers eye, sparing me the drama of saneness.

I woke up early, eager to get to work but determined not to skip my workout. I made it to the gym by 6:40 AM and completed my routine: 4 sets of 10 pull-ups and some shoulder dumbbell presses. After a quick shower, I put on a light, white cotton shirt and cream trousers—perfect for the summer weather. The last time I wore this outfit was on July 15, the day I wrote about it and also my first day at work.

Later in the day, it got pretty warm but when I left home, it was still a little chilled, glad it didn’t have a long to travel, work went well, attended a meeting, took some notes, and felt defeated when the IT didn’t work at one point at the meeting, but you gotta pick up and move on, don’t feel lost by the set back, I get up and try again, face the people, let’s create positive energies between one another, and our energies will make the things work.

As I got home from work, I could not stay up, but had to take a nap, to give a gap to mind to think something else, to forget about the past hours.. I slept with an alarm on for 30 min but God knows where the alarm went, I got up after an hour and a half too with a jump.

it was 18:55 then, just after midnight back home and It’s Dad’s – Wish you a happy birthday to you Pappa. Brother and sis were texting on the family group, I joined in and sent a birthday greetings message then made dinner roti and chicken liver.. then sat down to work for a couple of hours.

The mind was wandering around and then started picking Dad’s old pictures to send an album to remind him of his birthday, which had finally lightened my mood and cheered me up, of the silly things he does sometimes.. I had one pic of him having a cup of tea with a saucer was funny!

My mind was wandering then I decided to go through some of Dad’s old photos to create an album for his birthday. That really lifted my spirits, reminding me of the silly things he does. One photo, in particular, made me laugh—it was of him enjoying a cup of tea with a saucer, and it was just so funny!

3 things I felt grateful for today

Grateful the shoe felt a little tighter but then I forgot about them all day.
Grateful tomorrow is Dear Pappa’s happy birthday and he’s surrounded by all of us to wish him.
Grateful, I said I will go to bed today by midnight, it’s 30 past 12 now, and I am glad I finished some writing work, cleared my mind and will sleep happily ever after..

Around the rest of the world today –

It was 13 long days ago that Israel proactively took the war to its enemies in Beirut and Tehran and still they have yet to respond. Iran please let go! do not respond! Israel give up stupidity! Countries stop fighting!
The colourful northern lights were visible across the UK on Monday night thanks to clear skies after temperatures reached record levels during the day.

“And I try, oh, my God, do I try I try all the time In this institution

And I pray, oh, my God, do I pray I pray every single day For a revolution

And so I cry sometimes When I’m lying in bed Just to get it all out What’s in my head And I, I am feeling A little peculiar

And so I wake in the morning And I step outside And I take deep breaths And I get real high And I scream from the top of my lungs What’s going on?”

The song playing on Virgin radio..

What would it take for me and for you to wake up 10 x times bigger, thicker, stronger, energetic, healthy, happy, wealthy, finish the minutes’ work, have everything to be fine with family, friends and everyone around then have a relaxing, relaxing, relaxing yet a productive day tomorrow ?

Good night, good luck!

Ash Khaleem