As I listen to this serene Vangelis 1973 Earth album song “A Song”, I contemplate my answer.
What I do every day to increase my comfort in my life is called routine.
I do my bed, I go through my daily hygiene rituals and ablutions. I take my diabetes pills, which are as sour as life itself, fix and consume my frugal yet hearty breakfast, taking care to savor its flavors, which will have to last me until late supper.
I settle at my desk and start working on my files. I take my breaks religiously. Movement is Life. I work out, every month more than the month before. I walk faster and faster, further and farther.
I bike, I mow the lawn, I do the groceries. I run the house errands. I clean, take out the trash. I recycle and I vacuum. I love and I live.
But everything I do, I do it every day, regardless of where I am and what I need to do.
I realized that Life’s Secret is Repetition. And once I realized that, I knew that if I found the right motions, all I needed to do is do them, rinse, and repeat, ad infinitum, ad vitam aeternam.
And lo and behold, last week, as I go over my LinkedIn feed, I stumble upon a little comment…
So, you see, folks, if you want to be comfortable, always do the same right things, until you are sick and tired, and then do it some more.
Cause when you stop doing the right things, that’s when you start dying.
Life is much simpler than we like to imagine it. When you think too much, bad things tend to occupy your mind. So, less thinking and more action, please.
Götterdämmerung 