It’s easy to be lazy. I’ve had three months, May, June and July, to recover from my hospitalization for a lung infection last April. I’ve had a recent check-up by my family doctor and I am fine, just lacking energy.
I sleep well, so I don’t have that as an excuse.
I love to read. I can sit in my chair in the living room with a book in my hands and pass the day. Ken has done a great job of taking care of me and doing the chores. All I’ve been doing is writing my blog and the daily dishes. We’ve been eating a lot of what we call TV dinners, so that is a small job. Ken washes his clothes and I wash mine, which is a small task with modern laundry equipment on the back porch. Before this ordeal started, I had hired a cleaning service because I could no longer manage doing that.
In 1957, when I was 19 and being treated for tuberculosis at the sanitarium, I was enthralled by the book, “The Power of Positive Thinking,” by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, the pastor of Marble Collegiate for 32 years. It has been a part of my philosophy ever since. I have decided I need more than positive thinking–I need positive action.
While I was in the hospital, our grandson, Jacob, called me, “a tough lady.” After I got home, I looked the term up in the dictionary. It typically refers to a woman who exhibits strength and resilience and determination, often in the face of challenges. She may be assertive. It’s time to get that tough lady moving. I don’t want to lose my independence. It seems odd to tell Ken I have an appointment on such a day and he’ll have to take me.
Have you had a time in your life when it was easier to be lazy than the active person you are normally?