tired in winter

Every year, same story, the end of January, beginning of February, one starts to get tired. One yearns to run outside and relax on a terrace or sit in the park. It's too cold. The weather is crazy up and down, warm one day, ice cold the next. Hang in there, winter will soon end. Meanwhile, if you just can't beat the tired feeling, take a nap.

words leapt off the page

by Lohbado

After slaving over the book for hours, words began to leap off the page. Lohbado felt a sensation of vast space. He closed the book, drank a glass of water and relaxed.

open the window

Lohbada Doll

Some arctic air hangs over Montreal. It's supposed to go down to -26 C tonight. It gets hot and steamy inside. In spring, one will be able to leave the window open to let in fresh air.

the Origin of OOO

OOO encompasses the very very big and the very very small. In other words, it's the largest thing you can think before your mind spaces out and the smallest thing you can think before falling asleep.

Oogah originated OOO from a circular nodule in his brain. By pushing the right buttons, certain brain fibers were stimulated making researchers very happy. Whether you go to the church or the laboratory to study the mysteries of the giant O, the all and nothing, the wheel keeps on rolling. There's virtually no limit to what one could imagine or choose to believe.

time to buy eggs

When Lohbado ran out of eggs, he went to the grocery store and bought more.

relax and do nothing

    Massive unemployment became a long term phenomenon after the Apocalyptic War, as robots and computers made most jobs obsolete. Central Government found it more economically feasible to provide meager pensions for the long-term unemployed, or lost wanderers. The pensions were much cheaper than investing in make-work projects.

to relax

To relax relaxively speaking relaxes non-relaxation. Tension, stress or the state of being non-relaxed relaxes into relaxation when one decides to relax. Relaxation begins the minute one makes the decision to relax. At first, this might not be obvious. Next time thoughts are driving you wild and emotions are out of control, say the word "relax" and see what happens.

Have no expectations. Relaxation won't happen if you expect it to happen. You can't make it happen. But you can decide to relax. The moment of making the decision to relax, a micro-moment of relaxation, almost imperceptibly, happens. If one frequently decides to relax, one's orientation will gradually change from being driven by the tension, stress, confusion, selfishness, negativity of hope and fear towards a bit more relaxation. In other words, your habitual orientation or internal script will change from a script of aggression, passion and ignorance, to an aspiration for calm, spacious, quiet relaxation.

In other words, next time you start freaking out, or feeling overwhelmed, pressured and stressed, tell yourself to relax. Once you're relaxed, it might be easier to deal with whatever may or may not be happening.