Trying To Be Philosophical

Another Friday night in front of the computer, although on this occasion I have retired to the living room and dug the laptop out.  This has allowed me to run updates on all the software I have neglected to update for the last few months.  This is all background of course, relax and pretend you are sitting on the couch listening to me tell stories while you are really watching the television.

It's been an interesting week.  On Tuesday I was unloading the truck I do deliveries in for my current job, and while I was moving around I managed to misjudge my footing and take a tumble off the back edge.  The result a bruised ego and a sprained left wrist.  It's been interesting compensating for not having full use of my left arm while having to do all the same things such as lifting and carrying, and even driving and washing and drying myself.  It's that feeling when you forget and aggravate your injury afresh and feel that pain afresh.  It takes time to heal of course, but in the mean time you just have to deal with things.

I commenced my university study in earnest this week, and have to say I am having a bit of shock remembering what study is like.  This week I am up to neck in Epicurus, furiously trying to critically analyze his ideas and concepts and meaningfully participate in the associated online discussion.  I am also looking forward to writing essays again.  As an arch procrastinator however, I find myself currently strangely drawn to anything save study.

Now normally at this point in a blog I am sure I would find some pithy and sage point from all this but this week I am not sure I will.  It's not a dark place to be, I feel like I am working hard to try and get somewhere, and it would be disingenuous and dishonest to say life is always easy and the solution is always clear and straightforward.  There are times like this when we all have to knuckle down and fight through what may be difficult or painful for us to get to a better place, a point that has come through to me abundantly in the writings of Epicurus.  To enjoy life we must sometimes have to slog our way through difficulties.