Some days are best for sleepy days while storms pass. Days for the respite of reading, napping, and cuddling with the dog. The written list of to dos can wait. Life will still be here tomorrow. Well, if I am lucky enough that my heart keeps throbbing, and there are no accidents. Which is highly likely given my familial history.

A sandwich from the local deli, while a liberal patron yells at a republican shop owner over a sandwich called the vaccine was a better idea than cooking. I am not here to talk politics, however the setting was ironic as he stood there and quietly smiled listening to her viewpoint. Once she felt heard, she left. After getting back to my apartment, the electricity continued to fill the air of the city streets as well as the people. Girls laughing maniacally while somewhere between a waltz and a stumble continuing up the hill from the neighborhood bars. I grinned from my couch as one’s laugh chittered away like a chipmunk. Why do chipmunks make that sound anyway? I don’t think they are feeling jolly when they make that noise. But she sure is. I think the chipmunk’s chitter is just for snacks or out of annoyance. All speculative of course. Another woman screams loudly in a psychotic break, something over the rain. Her screams grow quieter as the distance between her traveling the streets and me laying on my couch pass by. As her screams calm, my eyes fall heavy once more, leading me into slumber part three of this rainy Saturday afternoon. The only two words left were, let go. That I did, and off I went into dreamland.

Which left me with this thought. For today, it’s time to park the car. There is nowhere to go. Nothing to do. The engine has sputtered. The tank is on “Empty”. There is a time and a place when life forces you to park the car, so to speak. You can take a subtle hint, or you can take the proverbial two by four moment leaving you on the ground. Although a subtle hint is better tolerated by most. There is a time to pause, and a time to proceed. That is the balance of life. To go with the flow. To not fight the tides. To avoid swimming against the currents, tiring out, and drowning as a result. Sometimes you just have to back out, turn things off, and sort it out another day. Know when to say that’s enough for today.

After a good collection of rest, I was not only less tired, but everyone else seemed just a little bit kinder than they did the day before.

The takeaway –

Know when to park the car, and take a break on your journey to wherever it is you’re going. Perhaps a little bit of my own philosophy on this not so Thursday afternoon.

-Keri

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