As regular as clockwork it arrives, that feeling of ‘what have I done with my life?’… and it’s hard to ignore until you look at the big picture.

This isn’t a motivational speech, but the truth is, that a life lived is a life worth living, no matter how mundane and pointless it can seem.

Learning to walk, for instance, is pretty fantastic when you think about it. I’m not sure that I’d be willing to put that amount of effort in now, what with all the falling over, grazed knees and general leg ache…

…and reading, that’s no walk in the park either, an accomplishment that every reader should be proud of.

Indeed, pretty much everything we do is quite spectacular in the context of not having done it. Can you imagine what it would be like to have never learned to read or talk? Can you imagine what it would be like to learn it now instead?

It’s all good and as the great Ian Dury once sang, all reasons to be cheerful.

Here’s the song, lifted from youtube. Oddly it has no pictures other than the ones painted by the wonderful lyrics.