Blue Mondays

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I was rather shocked to hear on the news today that today is considered the day when more people feel depressed than any other day of the year. I suppose everything comes together - the anti climax of after Christmas, the bills, the cold, the dark, a return to work. So then I thought, well, apart from the cold and the dark, everything else we have control over - why do we persist in over spending? If we're so unhappy with our jobs when we return, why do we do them? Why aren't we changing our lives?

One of my friends on Flickr, has a sister who has been in intensive care all the way through the Christmas period. She is desperately ill, and only in her 30's. No matter how long we may live, life is short - and the agony that my friend is suffering over missed opportunities is one that must be familiar to all of us who face saying goodbye to loved ones. So, a belated resolution; not to take each day blindly, stumbling from one to the other -but to think seriously, what do I want to say I've seen, done, been - before I die?