It passes and I learn something…
A couple of weeks ago I shared the first real part of my Irish meanderings in a peculiarly (but aptly) titled ‘ Irish Saudade ’… Weekends are our opportunity to pause and reflect. Last weekend was busy travelling here and there on the Saturday and chores on Sunday - this weekend has been quieter, not better, but slower. In these moments that I have craved during the working week I find myself empty. A little lost… it would be easy to pick up the tools and go back to work, just to occupy my mind. Instead I am a little saudade perhaps? Chris mentions in ‘One’ an idea that has really resonated for me - how model railways are not about modelling a prototype, but rather modelling himself. In these moments of low mood I yearn for connection, and look for it in real and model railways. Instead, recognising this and learning to study and reflect through the gentle act of making model trains, I accept the feeling rather than fight it and sit with it a while. It passes and I learn something. I
