... it gives in to a cold.
I'm not the type of person who takes time off work with a cold, but I am very empathetic when others have one because the fuzzy yukkiness of a cold is truly awful! I have a mild cold right now, mainly through exhaustion but now I come to think of it I've been surrounded by ailing folk for weeks now so I suppose the inevitable has simply hit.
Something as inconsequential as a cold can really take the wind out of you - you suddenly wonder how you ever took breathing through your nose for granted or if it's always been so hard to listen to people talking to you... you ponder if you'll ever taste again or how if you'll live your life feeling like your head weighs the same as a house. It's all a bit pathetic really.
But actually, not at all long after a cold has cleared, you've forgotten it was even there and everything is 'normal' again. Hurrah.
It's been over 3 months since I returned from Uganda.
I run a campaign based on my experiences in India which encourages a symbolic act as a reminder of the state of the world.
I just went to the fridge and whinged I had no food.
Right.
It's easy to rant about the world (particularly when it's a big part of your job), it's even easy to really mean it when you do. But taking the attitude and making it stick, taking the pledge to be counter-cultural and letting it seep into your lifestyle, not feeling sorry for yourself when you have a lapse of perspective... that takes time, and will power.
So keep me in check please.
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