Feel-Good-Day
Yeah, I know that it’s mid-week and its probably darn surprising to see me writing after such a long period of dormancy. True, it surprises me too that I should be writing, but since everybody has been feeling the heat (both literally and physically) recently, I thought I should at least contribute and do my part to prevent the world from over-heating and exploding in a ball of flames. While some people take it out on the dance-floor on a Mambo-Jambo Zouk Wednesday, or chill out in some coffee place with some kick-ass friends, I’ll like to play some feel-good songs, lie on my bed and think of the good things in life: the sun, the blue sky, the sand, the sea, nature, kindness, the air-con, love, friends, travel etc. (this is rather erratic because I am typing a random list of things that make me feel good).
As you slowly drift into a state of non-activity, the music that plays in the background serves to bring in a feeling of peace and calmness that overcomes your fatigue and makes you forget, even if temporarily, about the hustle and bustle of the morning train, of your demanding targets and quotas at work, of people who step on your toes and make you tremble in anger at the thought of their faces.
You are not asleep; yet you are not all that sober as well.
It is a form of relaxation for the mind, at least for me, and it brings you further away from your threshold of endurance from everything that makes you angry, upset, tired and frustrated. When you rise from your resting place, you will find that things seem a little better, life gets a little easier and your head gets a little lighter.
That’s not sleep, but simply well-deserved rest for that 50-ounces brain of yours. It’s never a bed of roses living in a cosmopolitan city; make yourself feel better.
Declare your feel-good-day.
This is a perfect example of a feel-good song to go with a feel-good-day: Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”. I heard it on my Ipod on my way back from work and it serenades me. His voice is wondrous. Put down your work, lie on something comfortable and listen. Enjoy your feel-good-day.
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