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The following is a piece of writing submitted by du courage on September 20, 2012
"Things we did not plan to do can bring joy when we stop wanting everything to go according to plan."

Attempt to having a day to myself

A day to myself

10:00 AM
I took a day off from work
A day all to myself
The telephone rings
It's my daughter
needing help with filling out some forms
Will I tell her to call back tomorrow
for I decided to have the day to myself?

11:00 AM
A coffee and the rest of the day to myself
My mum's at the door
So great I'm home
Can I help her with some computer problems?
Shall I tell her "Not now"
for today I decided to do what I like?

01:00 PM
After lunch,
an afternoon all to myself
A mail from my boss comes in
An urgent question that needs an answer today
Shall I simply not answer
or tell him it's my day off?

03:00 PM
My husband asks me to help him
hang a door
just a few minutes
that easily grow into an hour
because the door won't fit
Should I have told him to hang the door alone
For this is my day, for me alone?

05:00 PM
Baking cookies
In a hurry
So little time to do
what I'd liked to do today
Was I lacking courage
or shall I just enjoy having time for
all those small things
I can't do when at the office?

After all, it was me who decided to
answer the phone (and have a chat with my daughter),
open the door (and have coffee with my mum),
reply to the mail (and receive a thankful reply),
hang the door (some quality time with my husband)
and hurry the cookies (they were still delicious though)
Not so bad a day, it was.

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