July 24, 2002
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Delicious routines- what seems monotonous is not always
bad.
If a marriage is not fine, one usually blames routine.
If one lacks motivation: “It´s routine”. If the
creativity of a company is low, they also mention
routine.
This bad fame, that associates the word to everything
that´s tedious- bureaucracy, accommodation, monotony,
mediocrity- does not refer other kinds of routines,
some even vital.
A couple of friends of mine, go to Paris and some other
place every year. It is always like that: Paris and
another city in Europe during Spring. Monotonous, isn’t
it?
God…
Some virtues are associated to routine: security,
harmony, standard of quality, reliability, etc . To
some, those may seem outdated values, but they are far
from being useless.
Routine is the constant beat. Life depends on it. In the
heart, it is called rhythm; take this away and we die.
The body has its routine, and it´s this routine, the
body repeated cycles that enables fecundity , appetite,
and love…
Have you ever thought of how tiring it would be if the
heart bit out of rhythm? If it were like that, how would
one know when one is in love? Holy heart syntony!
Imagine if the stomach didn’t perform its routine : how
odd would it be eating without the pleasure of the
appetite?
And love? It has its sacred days dates: our beloved
ones´birthdays, wedding anniversaries, Valentines Days,
Christmas, New Year…On all these dates, people feel
special, and gift one another… routinely….
The stars, the Sun, The Moon, the planets all have their
routines of billion of years. Without it be of
horoscopes, the sunsets, the tides, the serenades? What
about music without the pace of the rhythm? Our mornings
without the good old coffee and milk, bread and butter?
Would there be the new, without the routine? Yes,
because newness is everything that is not routine.
So, why blame routine like that? I guess it is
mediocrity that people refer to. To incompetence and
lack of creativity. It is not because of making love
just on Saturdays that a couple fights on the following
day :it is because it was not that good.
Even nature has its great creative routine: summer,
with its heat and tanned bodies; autumn, and its winds
raking the leaves after the harvests; winter and the dry
cold and bright days, when earth and seeds rest; and
spring, with its flowers and the hopes of new blossoms-
and then it starts all over again, year after year, in
eternal routine. This is life.
Comments (16)
Wow ! Shy ! What a great Blog ! You are right , the routine is what we do of it . Routine can be as much bright as monotone and also it is necessary ( biological and circadian rhythms for example ) . You make us think .I would add : not judge ” routine ” .
Have a nice week end Shy and thank .
Michel
That was very well-written, and I can only agree. Routine does not always equal monotony.
~Meta~
Went to Paris in May to meet with Simon1. Broke the routine to be sure….found love. ha ha
cool blog!! definitely makes me review the word “routine” in a different way. to be frank, ive always used routine synonymously with monotony.
ps-pretty flowers!
Thanks, thanks and many more thanks… just the words I needed to get out of this rut…
Great post
I liked your “dil se re” image… and the background…
Ah… and the flowers too!!!
kisses
great thought!!! routine is the backbone of our lives! but that doesn’t mean we can’t spice it up a bit!!! the routine bits are there so that we can free up our thoughts for new and better ideas!
have a great weekend!
Very thoughtful post. Thank you for sharing your insight!
yes, as far as marriage is concerned..the issues go way way deeper than ‘stuck in a routine’….great blog!
Elegant words! And still, even newness, can be incorporated into a routine. Eg., going to Paris every year, but eating in new restaurants each time. Running at 7 AM every morning, but never taking the same path. Everyday visiting at least one blog on Xanga at random. Rigid routines tend to stifle me, while those that avail of new discovery invigorate!
Great entry! I agree with you..
Amour
Hollie
Yeah, that’s true
It’s just like the old saying: “you can’t judge a book for its cover”
And hey, I’m not that handsome
I’m just photogenical (dunno if it’s right)
btw… I’ve never seen one pic of yours
Yes dear, must remember the moon….Love the moon.
Feel fear of doing something different and everuthing becomes worse than the present moment!?!?!?!?!
nadaveoquescrevi!!!!!
love the new layout!
you have no obligation to include ‘routine’ in your life.