This week I wondered what made a 'weekend' so special. Frequent the blogs/social websites between a Friday and Monday and you'll see that more than 50% of the posts will be related to a weekend - the wait, the plans and the activities of the weekend - it isn't the same intensity that exists for the 'work week'! Thursdays and Fridays the conversations are centered around 'what's up for the weekend' and Monday and Tuesdays are around 'how was your weekend'. . .What is it about these two days of the week that garners so much attention during the entire week, I wonder. . .
I remember my school days when the teacher explained how the Lord needed rest after a long work week and He took Sunday as a 'rest day'. What has changed since those days that a majority of us now have the privilege of having two days of rest? Has the Lord finished most of the work that needs to be done in this world that we now can take two days of the week to rest or are we so tired by day 5 of the week that we have to take rest on 2 days to recuperate? Whatever maybe the reason, we seem to be priviledged and maybe that is why the hue and cry over the 'weekend'.
About a decade ago I do not remember having the weekend to spare. Sunday was the 'maintenance & fun day' when you finished all the chores and prepared for the next week - during school days it was a day to play from dawn till dusk, the shoe polishing, pressing clothes for the next week etc. Such mundane activities formed a weekend and never did I get the feeling that the weekend was unfulfilling. Weekend was a day when mom cooked special dishes which has reversed now - weekend is the day when you eat out!Life was just fine even then so why the special focus on 'weekend' now? Why the anticipation, the humungous effort of preparation to make sure you had a 'good weekend'? At the end of every weekend, we are still left with an unsatisfactory feeling and maybe that is the reason for the detailed planning for the next weekend hoping that it will be better than the last one? What would change in the next decade that would fill this void, I wonder. . .
No comments:
Post a Comment