How many times have you heard people say that they hate Mondays? How many times have you said it? I know that in the past I have often said how much I hate Mondays. But really in hating Mondays, have you stopped to think what you are really saying?
Monday is typically the start of the working week and it heralds the return of the everyday week day routine. We return to outside paid work, or our husbands do and with that comes the responsibility of getting to bed early so as to rise early and not be late for our boss.
For the homemaker, it signifies the rushed iron-a-shirt, cut-a-lunch, prepare-school-uniforms and pick-up-the-kids part of the start of our week. And it says that the more relaxed pace of the week-end has drawn to a close for another week. Misery.
But really we shouldn't be miserable just because it is Monday. Monday is just the start of a week. Each day is a day of unsurpassed beauty- if we take the time to see it. Just ask someone who is dying if they hate Mondays, and I am sure that they would love to have a whole lot more Mondays to live. I know this is true because I lived that for three long months of a misdiagnosis of a terminal disease. Every day is a gift and is special. Even Mondays!
But really we shouldn't be miserable just because it is Monday. Monday is just the start of a week. Each day is a day of unsurpassed beauty- if we take the time to see it. Just ask someone who is dying if they hate Mondays, and I am sure that they would love to have a whole lot more Mondays to live. I know this is true because I lived that for three long months of a misdiagnosis of a terminal disease. Every day is a gift and is special. Even Mondays!
It may be hard at first to be grateful and thankful for not only Mondays but all days, but seeking out happiness will make it easier. Joyfulness will bloom and Mondays will become a blessing and not a curse. A day a week is too many days to waste in a life to feel shipwrecked.
© Glenys Robyn Hicks
© Glenys Robyn Hicks
| O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Psalm 90:14 |
I have found good reasons to like Mondays, it is still a day He made and we can rejoice.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, and we have to make every day count. We have work to do. Blessings, Glenys
DeleteI love Mondays. I see them as a beginning of a new week, an opportunity to start anew.
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Mondays don't worry me either. Thanks for sharing a cuppa with me today, Veronica. Blessings, Glenys
DeleteNow that I work from home the Monday blues don't exist. Each day feels very similar to me. #GlobalBlogging
ReplyDeleteI have to confess to that myself since we are both retired. But I still wouldn't mind Mondays too much if I worked outside the home like days of old. Thanks for sharing a cuppa with me today, Heather. Blessings, Glenys
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