Reflecting - This Time in More Than the Flat Screen of My Television

(Author: Sarah Maple | Article Views: 7 | Word Count: 486 | Published: Sep 10th 2008)

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Well, that's because it is, I just don't have the energy to do anything else. I am so tired by the time I finish work that all I can think about is squidging my bum onto the sofa and putting my feet up...even though I sit down all day anyway. I don't get it, why am I so tired when I literally only have to lift a few fingers? I wondered if I was doomed to live the rest of my life this way...through the television that showed me pictures of other people's lives.

Sick of staying in, I prized myself off the sofa, put my coat on and headed out for a walk. The evening was at the stage just before is starts to become dark. The air was fresh and there was a light breeze smoothing back my hair, circling round my neck.

I pushed my hands deeper into my pockets and made my way down the path leading down the cliff where I lived, stretching towards the beach at the bottom of the valley. I could see the blue grey sea in front of me framed my the lane of bushes at my sides, orange and yellow flowers protruding out of the leaves creating a soft mellow scent.

I had forgotten how beautiful the coastal path was, taking for granted that it was just outside my front door. I emerged out of the bush lined walkway and out onto the broken concrete stretch that paved its way down the cliff, the path was so potholed it was practically rubble and my Ugg boots crunched over the loose stones.

I thought about all the times that I had walked down this path during my life and the different things that I had been feeling, all gone now like the wind that flipped through my hair on it's journey over the hill. I though about the times I had sat on the rickety wooden bench and stared out over the valley at the harbour, wondering about the current dilemma in my life and how things were going to turn out.

Everyone has a route to themselves, a drive, a place or a walk that has been host to moments of change or growing up. A place you go after an argument or just to escape, somewhere you walked with someone when you were falling in love or a place you went when you said goodbye.

Reminded that I didn't always spend every night sat in front of the TV and that life still has some exciting twists and turns to throw me along the way I turned back towards the house. I knew that whatever lull I was in now there would always be some twists and turns to throw me along the way. For now, sitting in front of Coronation Street would be good enough for me.

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