WE COULD ALL USE A STIFF DRINK OF CHOCOLATE…
WITH things finally simmering down after years of fake news and a surprise assault on democracy, it’s time to let go of all the chronic stress and begin resetting our mental idle. Personally, I’m having trouble remembering what it was like PT (pre-Trump; the new system of denoting time rapidly replacing BC and BCE). I think it was somewhat boring. Most distressing, I can’t completely recall what that felt like. You know, waking up and not having to read four or more different news channels to see what might really be true, and what dastard changes might be brewing. Not doing that morning and evening feels, well, odd. Not “normally” boring, at least not yet.
So what can we mortals do about letting go of chronic stress? I make a point of smiling at my face in the mirror when I wake up and begin my morning (previously, mourning) ablutions. I repeat my mantra: “Today is just another day” over and over until I feel my inner self begin to relax. I try to maintain a positive outlook (even as my body screams, “Be careful! You never know what nefarious thing will happen next!”). I exercise even though my body seems slothfully slow and resistant. I dance with my partner at home and allow myself to feel joy at simply moving together. I get my weekly obligate massage, even though my my mind keeps warning me to save my money and not to spend it on frivolities when the future is still so uncertain. I brew some thick hot chocolate and force myself to sip it over the morning and let my body feel its effects: I do believe the Mayan and Aztec’s new something that we’re only now re-discovering. Namely, the supposed elixir of knowledge and wisdom also seems to induce “good emotions” that, it is my understanding, come from it quite possibly inducing all four major neurotransmitters: dopamine for fantasy; serotonin for experiencing; oxytocin for closeness and endorphins for just plane feeling good. And, really, I can’t think of anything I need more at this time than just plane feeling good.
Interestingly, in my newly released THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor, I posit that coffee and tea will be replaced by Japanese azuki [and by implication, its predecessor chocolate]. So, if you prefer to be more “modern,” then I recommend a stiff drink of hot, brewed, dark-roasted azuki bean. It would presumably do the same. And we could all use some of that “same old, same old” trusting feeling, couldn’t we? A little empathy, romance, love, companionship, trust and convivial sex, I believe, wouldn’t much hurt either.
The Edge of Madness
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999693859
So what can we mortals do about letting go of chronic stress? I make a point of smiling at my face in the mirror when I wake up and begin my morning (previously, mourning) ablutions. I repeat my mantra: “Today is just another day” over and over until I feel my inner self begin to relax. I try to maintain a positive outlook (even as my body screams, “Be careful! You never know what nefarious thing will happen next!”). I exercise even though my body seems slothfully slow and resistant. I dance with my partner at home and allow myself to feel joy at simply moving together. I get my weekly obligate massage, even though my my mind keeps warning me to save my money and not to spend it on frivolities when the future is still so uncertain. I brew some thick hot chocolate and force myself to sip it over the morning and let my body feel its effects: I do believe the Mayan and Aztec’s new something that we’re only now re-discovering. Namely, the supposed elixir of knowledge and wisdom also seems to induce “good emotions” that, it is my understanding, come from it quite possibly inducing all four major neurotransmitters: dopamine for fantasy; serotonin for experiencing; oxytocin for closeness and endorphins for just plane feeling good. And, really, I can’t think of anything I need more at this time than just plane feeling good.
Interestingly, in my newly released THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor, I posit that coffee and tea will be replaced by Japanese azuki [and by implication, its predecessor chocolate]. So, if you prefer to be more “modern,” then I recommend a stiff drink of hot, brewed, dark-roasted azuki bean. It would presumably do the same. And we could all use some of that “same old, same old” trusting feeling, couldn’t we? A little empathy, romance, love, companionship, trust and convivial sex, I believe, wouldn’t much hurt either.
The Edge of Madness
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999693859
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