Back to basics

Today the power went off in our apartment building. Bummer.
At first it was alright because the emergency lights came on and you could at least see in the hallways-- but then about an hour or so passed and those lights went off-- SO DARK. Our building has no windows within the hallways, as most apartments do not, and you had to feel your way through the halls.
Those residing in the building weren't too impressed but hey, not something that I could have fixed on my own.

So that pretty much turns off the TV, turns off the computer, turns off the music-- leaving you to figure out what to do with your time. It was actually kind of nice. Back to basics I suppose. It left me to go and hang out with Tash and Gabe for hours-- it was really nice. Where normally I would be keeping myself busy with work and all-- but this time I couldn't do that-- I had some quality time.

Turns out that this whole breaker thing behind our building crashed-- complete trash. So they brought over a truck to remove it and then a whole new system-- still we had to wait a few hours for it to be fixed up.
Then the lights came back on-- and yet again the business of life begins to creep back in. Maybe we should take time to fake an "electricity outage" within our homes-- let's call it an "aw shucks but oh well day"-- sort of how I felt today-- and get ourselves back to basics, remind ourselves of what really matters.

So what do you think? Maybe it should even be integrated into the Christian calendar to refocus ourselves, move away from technology..
I can see it now:

WHAT: "aw shucks BUT oh well" Day
WHEN: THE 16th OF EVERY MONTH
TIME: ALL DAY
WHO: THOSE WHO CLAIM TO LIVE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF IT...

I like this idea.
Deep Peace.