Seize the moment

I don't really like using my blog as a place to moan - that's not what people come here for. I should be like Marian a.k.a. Granny (who is currently 'under the weather') and give everyone a laugh a minute. But occasionally I just have to let off steam about feeling poorly.

I came across this wonderful quote on Tricia's blog - The Girl Who Wears My Shoes.
“I always wanted a happy ending… Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.” - Gilda Radner

There are times when I feel OK - very little pain and quite bright and breezy. There are times when life is a real bitch - a lot of pain and feeling exhausted. The weird thing is that I can change from one to the other in the space of half an hour. I haven't quite got to the stage of seeing it as delicious ambiguity yet but I am slowly learning to accept not knowing what is going to happen next a bit more positively. The worst part about it is not being able to plan. Will I be well enough to do whatever I've been invited to do? I don't know, ask me again when the time comes...

Carpe diem - seize the day - has always been one of my favourite Latin tags. After a day of really good moments and really bad ones I've decided Carpe punctum temporis is even better - seize the moment.