It is never easy to keep the crazy at bay.... that's what Micah thinks as she pours herself another class of red. The crazy just hovers ready to pounce much like 2 Socks the cat as he goes after a long neglected dust bunny that floats across the floor.
2 Socks takes a moment to run full force at the dust ball, missing it and slamming his bulky tuxedo body into the table leg. A little red wine tops over the rim but stays put.
Crazy... the word echoes through her head. If you know you are going crazy, that means you actually can't be right? Stupid therapy and transcendental meditation. Like every other middle aged woman in her sphere, Micah had been in and out of various therapists offices since her twenties. Her current therapist was way more groovy than Micah is normally comfortable with. But she is trying to push her limits and comfort zones. Of course this has led to crazy beating down her door. Try meditation, says the therapist.
But what if I am too good at it? Why didn't we think of that? Scheduled holiday break plus vacation meant two weeks without therapy. Perfectly good time to try meditation. Wrong.
It was a Tuesday. Micah hates Tuesdays. It is psychically the farthest day from the weekend. Anyway. A Tuesday. Micah decided to meditate. She sat quietly and focused on all the chaos of her family and work. She imagined it as a storm in the sky. She let the imagery take her to forming the clouds, the wind and some snow for fun. She could see the storm so clearly as she formed it in her mind. Micah never imagined it would actually form as blizzard that was hitting New Orleans.
Total coincidence. Just happenstance. The fact that Micah is now concerned she has the power to control the weather... no the fact that she just thinks such a thing could be possible has forced the crazy flags to full mast. So New Orleans never gets blizzards, does not mean it could not happen. Weather is unpredictable. Climate change is real. Weather is changing because of it. It could be her. That would be too crazy to contemplate.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
