OF MASSAGES AND SPAS
The idea of a massage sounds appealing to me, will always sound appealing to me – yet, why is it that I feel most relaxed when I am writing in here, or listening to Snow Patrol or reading a book that I have gotten quite into the story? Why is it that after a massage my body does feel good, but my mind and soul feels empty? My mind feels as if it has spent an hour doing absolutely nothing except for just staying still, waiting for the body to move so that the mind can do something that it really wants to do.
Honestly, after going through two massages in two days, I think I feel more relaxed/accomplished when I am actually doing something – like jogging/running like there is no tomorrow or something relaxing and good for the body – like yoga. I feel more relaxed during those five minutes at the end of every yoga session where we are taught to clear our mind of all thoughts. I feel more relaxed in the sauna room after working hard on my body. I feel more relaxed when I have my favourite music blasting into my ears as I write this.
When I was getting my hair washed I was not relaxed at all. I was thinking if the dirt and soap from my hair will end up directly into the sea and if that was the case, it actually means that I am contributing to hurting the planet, which isn’t what I stand for at all.
I can’t help being like this, having totally different ideas from the rest of the world. I used to want to blend in so well last time. I used to think that I should change my ways, but I just never could for I don’t think that there is anything WRONG with me.
In fact, being different from people is something special, makes me able to write, love and grow even more.
There is nothing more satisfying than what I am doing now to relax, to regain energy, to focus, to inspire. When I write, I create. When I create, I feel happy. When I am happy, I’m relaxed and when I’m relaxed I can face whatever is going to come my way come Monday. And no amount of massages or spa treatments can make me feel this way. No amount of massages and spa treatments can give me the strength that writing, reading, music and love can.
