Lightheartedness

I was feeling quite heavy yesterday - to the point of being depressed - probably caused by multiple reasons: slog at work where progress is slower to come by, risk of not performing well, the cold weather and physically not feeling the best. I ended the night reading a newspaper article by Tom Robbins In Defiance of Gravity. He talked about standing on a bridge in Washington - ready to end his life - till he remembered something whimsical and unexpected uttered by one of his old colleagues at a club in New York. The memory of that whimsical act that flaunted rules, norms and expectations brought him back from the brink of ending his life. It’s a beautiful article and you should read and enjoy it. The article left me feeling lighter - something I needed last night.

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