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Another Way to Feel Good
Writers’ Rush
Considering the Benefits of Writing
How long does it take for the endorphins, the feel-good chemicals in my brain, to kick in, interrupt negative thoughts, and help me focus on positive things about life?
Waiting for Sunshine
How long before all the endorphins
Make opioid peptide dynorphins?
They’ll make me feel happy
And bounce so synappy,
And give me significantly more funs.
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What if you have arthritis and stiffness and can’t even do yoga, like crossing your legs? Or jogging because of old knee injuries. Even a brisk walk to the mailbox is challenging for people with heart conditions.
I become intensely mindful while meditating on my thoughts and feelings, especially when the tragedies I have been involved in, the wrong moves I have made, or the social flubs I have flubbed come into my mental view. There is no gentleness in redirecting these explosive considerations for me. I kick them out of my mind.
I don’t draw or paint, and the musical instruments I play make noise undesired by closer living tenants in the retired and working folks’…
