Don’t you feel this way some days? Maybe it isn’t Grandma’s house. Maybe it’s the park.
Or the zoo.
Or the ocean.
Or anywhere except your gloomy office on a Tuesday afternoon.
My mother has an answer for these days. She would say, “Stop wishing you life away.”
I never liked hearing that as a child. Or as a teenager. Or even as an adult, really. But, I knew she was right.
The wishing for another place, another season, even another moment just makes me miss out on the one I’m in right now.
And that is always a waste of something.
Even a gloomy Tuesday can add something lovely to our lives if we let it. Of course, sometimes we have to bring the sunshine ourselves. Which might require a bit of creativity.
So, if you can’t make it to Grandma’s house today, metaphorically speaking, capture the moment instead. Make a decision to find something glorious in this time and place, and stop wishing your life away.
Face paint is optional.