Flooded with happiness

You never leave your problems behind. This is quite well expressed by the Roman philosopher Seneca. I am a Classicist first and foremost, you see, and I think I was the only one in my University class who actually liked this particular work by Seneca. The title of it escapes me now, as do many things. Anyway...



Seneca said that even though you might travel away and see different lands and broaden your mind, you will take your hangups with you. I think I knew that before reading Seneca and that's probably why the words seemed to speak to me. He could have been me. On holidays or just away for a weekend or even a day, sometimes you get a feeling that if only you could just escape and start again somewhere else, it would all be alright. However, it isn't alright in the end. You get a new job and meet new people but those bring their own new problems. You get put upon in the job and come across people who annoy and offend you.
So I wake up to lovely views and I have kind people and beautiful pets and a lot to be thankful for, but there are always other problems. That brings me back to the effort of thinking of the three positive things a day and trying to count my blessings.
1. Despite this terrible wet and windy weather, I didn't get wet or cold in my cosy coat and zipped-in fleece (as pictured before).
2. I don't have to go to that cafe today. It's a Wednesday thing and it's a loyalty thing. My colleague M goes there on a Wednesday because she goes there on a Wednesday. I rarely have anything I wholly enjoy there. That could be the subject of another post. Anyway, colleague is flooded in today so I can have a baked potato at my desk and do internet stuff instead.



3. The 3 roads in and out of this town are all closed! Office dead as most people left mid-morning. Boss marooned 60 miles away ha ha! That's the best bit! It might mean I don't get to my show practice or home but how exciting! This has to be worth more than 3 positive points. I can stay with colleague B. Hubby who works elsewhere will get home so the pets will be fine.