Day: October 20, 2023

What to do when you’re bored

I made this from a photograph

1 Apply for another credit card

2. Return something that you recently bought from a large online store if you have not used it and please don’t be dishonest

3. Do something that you don’t like to do but it’s important that someone should do it

It could be the washing up or it could be writing an email to someone to whom you owe one but for some reason you are rather lethargic about doing anything

4. Get some playing cards and play Patience.

5. Pay a bill.

6. Phone an elderly neighbour to see if they would like you to visit them or get them some shopping

7. If you can walk go to the public library.

8. See is there any eBooks on a special offer. Not everybody can get to the library.

9. Do some exercises to strengthen your leg or arm muscles which is very important when you’re getting older.

10. Stand up go to the kitchen and try a new recipe if you are able to do this.

11. Why not change the sheets on your bed?

12. Write down five experiences that you remember from your childhood as being either very sad or very happy. Then meditation on this and see whether you can do any of these now.

13

Read your favourite book again. I find Nicholas Freeling very re- readable

Try The Dresden Green

Try Lake Isle

Earth may burn and human hearts may freeze

Earth may burn and human hearts may freeze

Before you send that email,stop and muse
Do not shoot the arrow poison tipped
Why gravely hurt a friend with differing views?

The vulnerable, the lonely,those we choose
To pass the suffering on, in words encrypt
Before you send that email,stop and muse.

When we do evil, we our virtue lose.
See mouths down-turned with narrow tensed up lips.
Why gravely hurt someone with differing views?

You may have a match,don’t light the fuse.
Might you be more gentle, less abrupt?
Before you send that email,stop and muse.

Earth may burn and politicians freeze
Does that mean that we must be corrupt?
We’ll stretch our minds instead to hear all views

For our dear heart,our own sin will corrupt
We will suffer from our own descent
Before you send that email,stop and muse.
Why gravely hurt yourself when you can choose?