This weeks ‘weekly prompts’ is about comfort. I have found over the years that the meaning of comfort has changed, for me anyway. These days, it’s an old pair of worn out slippers. I know once I’ve got them on I have true comfort.
Sleep!
In my working life, I would often have to work long nightshifts. They were hard, especially the first night shift of the week after a two week run of working days. However, every cloud has a silver lining and getting into bed on a Tuesday morning after a tough Monday night was true comfort. You soon forgot about the rigours that the previous 12 hours had inflicted on you as you descended into the most perfect sleep ever.
My Guitar
As a teenager, my comfort was sitting in my bedroom at my parents’ house, playing my guitar. I would lose myself knowing that I was doing something that I wanted to do. Sometimes, I would be in total darkness so I could learn the chords and positions on the neck without looking. I still do that today, it has stuck with me. The memory of my Dad shouting up to my room, “You’ll go melancholy in there, have a rest!” It was my comfort though, knowing that whatever the world threw at me, I could always go home and play my guitar.
Down By The River
School was not a happy time for me. I would turn up and at the last second head for the local playing field. There was a small river that ran through and a cut out in the bank that was a perfect hiding place for a naughty schoolboy playing the ‘wag’. A comfort zone, where I could daydream, listening to nothing but the flow of the river and the birdsong. At 14 years old, that was my comfort.
susiesopinions
June 8, 2019The sound of a stream, or the ocean is so comforting, and relaxing.
admin
June 8, 2019It is too, Susie, thank you.
luisa zambrotta
June 8, 2019Nice memories
admin
June 8, 2019Thank you, Luisa
SueW
June 8, 2019Iโm so glad you chose to join in with this one. One of my comforts is my bed too. Iโm also a creature of habit because every night I climb into my bed and at the moment when my bum meets the mattress I make the same comment to myself… โOhhh this is so nice!โ !
admin
June 8, 2019Lol, itโs the most comforting place in the world, Sue ๐
librepaley
June 8, 2019I am a firm believer life gets better after childhood and school.
admin
June 8, 2019Iโm with you there, Libre. Thank you
Peter's pondering
June 8, 2019I bet you learned some fantastic lessons on that river bank!
admin
June 8, 2019I did, Peter. Not a moment was wasted. Thank you ๐
Emperor Publishing LLC
June 11, 2019I have a pair of the ugliest sandals in the world! But they are so comfy that I don’t care how much my family makes fun of me when I wear them.
admin
June 11, 2019Ha, I have a pair of old worn out workboots that I have had for over 20 years and I get the same happen to me. ๐ Thank you, Lena.
kutukamus
June 14, 2019Feels like you sure know what you’re saying (what comfort is), SOS Sir! I mean it. ๐ >-I
admin
June 14, 2019Thank you, Kutkamus, I do like my comfort so I hopefully know what I was on about. ๐
Make Something Mondays
July 15, 2019It’s interesting how a person’s idea of comfort changes over time. I see it happening in my life too. It becomes simpler as I get older.
admin
July 15, 2019Thank you and I agree with you. Thatโs how life should be ๐
PATRICK STORIES
September 15, 2019This was something very different and yet perfectly related to. The choice of words and metaphors is wonderful and makes everything seem so realistic. The way how women in this society are treated and grief-stricken is completely and beautifully portrayed. I could feel my eyes moisten while reading some lines. What a masterpiece!! Kudos to you!!
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admin
September 15, 2019Thank you very much, Patrick. ๐