Sanguine Tenacious Tidings

Two Prompts Today

First prompt for today:

What do you do to keep yourself in a healthy state of mind mentally and emotionally?

I believe physical health is attached to mental health. I've had a lot of burnouts over the years because I was responsible for too many things at a time without interaction from other people near me. I learned to do things for me. When all the churches around were preaching against yoga. I looked into it and took it up because it was helpful to my mental stamina. I took the time to find the scriptures that are scaring some people. Looked at properly there is no way I can see that Yoga is a problem between humans and the Lord. It just becomes another don't do it run around by word of mouth. Zen might be a problem if you are trying to use it to spy on your neighbors. Adrenaline might be a problem which can follow any sport or physical activity. I picked up on the word mindfulness this summer. There was an article about it on WDC. I took an online course which was basically Yoga and I have looked into Tai Chi which is a base for Yoga.

I also discovered I need light in the winter months. Light therapy is expensive so I tried different ideas. I found that just lighting one room exceptionally and making that room a place to read and rest helped. Where I live has a beautiful wildness to it. Winter is very gray. Sometimes there can be several weeks without any real blue skies or sunshine. So, inside lighting is important to me.

Then, there is music. I like a lot of different types of music so the variety helps me keep moving. I like to clean to swinging musical notes. The work gets finished faster.

Second Prompt for today: Clouds

Once I stepped in a hole under the snow and fell flat on my back. A couple feet of snow was laying on the ground so it was a really soft landing. Instead of getting up I noticed the cumulous clouds floating high above me. It was a pleasant place to rest and I realized I had not spent any time looking up at the sky for a long long time. So, I made a snow angel and watched the clouds floating by in their many different patterns. Sometimes I am much too busy doing. This summer I made an effort to go outside on a clear night just to see the stars. We do these things when we are children. We shouldn't leave this kind of sight behind just because we grow up.

I think I covered most of the prompts. Probably not in order. My tree is up. The lights are on it. Now, Christmas is 25 days away.