Sunday, January 3, 2010

The Chair

On  my patio/verandah  i have  a   small, white, square wooden table  and  chairs, covered  in  a green and  white  striped  canvas,  it always  reminds  me  of  the old  deck  chairs  that  you used  to be able  to  buy,  the old  fashioned wooden  ones  you used  to  see  in  the movies , people  used  to  hire  them  on  the  beach, they  just  give  you  that "warm fuzzy feeling" of  familiarity, of  the  good  old  days that  have  long  since  gone, i just  love  sitting  outside  in  the quiet  of  the mornings  listening to the birds, the warm  cooing  of  the  doves  and  pidgeons,  the  loud  screeches  of  the  hadida's  the  gentle  chatter  of  the  sparrows,  the noisy hammering  of  the  African  hoepoes, there  is  always that  slight  chill in  the air in  the  mornings, not  enough  that  you  need  a  jersey,  but  enough  to  give  you  goose  bumps from  time  to time,   and this  is  where i   have  my  first  cup  of  tea,  and this  is  where  i  do  my  blogging,  for  some reason  this piece  of  furniture, this piece  of  wood,  well,  it makes me feel that  am  surrounded by things  that  love  me, it makes  me  feel  safe, it makes  me  feel  like  i belong ................
On my verandah  however  i  now  have  a  new  chair a present,  given  to  me  by  my  new  son  in law,  a chair  he  made  himself,  a wooden chair  made  from  tree branches,  surrounded  by  wire  and  filled  with batting,  so  that  i can  fill it  with  flowers.



Empty  the  chair looks  lonely,  sad,  it looks  like  it  has  seen  better  days,  it  looks  like  all hope  is  lost  that  it  will never  be  something  of  beauty, that  it  has  resigned  itself  to being  this  weird  looking  chair,  that  it  can  never  be anything  more  because  it  is just  now  worthy..................  maybe  a lot  of us are like that    we  are  empty,  we  need and  rely  on  others  to  make  us  happy,  we  expect  others  to  give  us  the joy  that  will see us  through  each  day................. but  we you  see  unlike  the  chair, that  needs  someone  to  transform  it  into  a thing  of  beauty, we can  choose ourselves  to  transform  ourselves  into  a thing  of  beauty.......... 
Yesteday  my daughter  and  i went  out  to the nursery  to  buy  the plants  to  fill this  empty  chair,  after  a  somewhat  shaky  start,  because  we  both  had  different  ideas  as  to  how  the  chair  should  look, when  it  was  filled  with  flowers,  i was  going  with  rows  of organised  colour,  and  she  wanted  mixed  colour,  we found  and  bought  the  plants  we needed.............. and  that  is  what we  need  to  do,  no matter  how shaky  we  are,  no matter  how  different  we  are,  no  matter  how different  we  see things, we  need  to find  the "thing"  that  fills  our  life,  the  thing  that  brings  out  our  inner  and  outer  beauty,  the  thing  that transforms  us  from  "Ordinary"  to "Extraordinary" in the words  of  the  amazing  Angela  Thomas.
I have  had  the  chair  for  4  days  now,  and  it  is  still not filled  with  flowers,  no time,  the shops  were closed, it  was  pouring  down  with  rain,  there  was  101 reasons  why  it  could  not  be transformed into that special  something........................... do  we  not  do  the same thing,  keeping  putting  things  off,  keep
finding  reasons  excuses  as  to why  we  cannot  do  something,   to change  something,   to improve  ourselves,  spend  time  on  ourselves,  give  time  to ourselves,  you  see  are we  not   afraid,  that  if  we  do  transform  ourselves  into  a "new person"  a new  you.....................  you will see  just  how  much  "life'  we  have  wasted .........................
And  you  see it  actually takes  no time at  all to take  something  "Ordinary"  and  change  it  into  something  "Extraordinary" ..........................................


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