Bring the Body . . .

As with any previous emotional downturns in my life, I sought redemption through the physical route. Exercise in the form of running and working out has always driven off the doldrums. Physical health leads to emotional health. As the old adage says, “Bring the body, and the mind will follow.”

Cheech and Chong Go Painting: The Infamous Toluene Blunder

I noticed that the trees in my backyard were “breathing” as the wind tossed their slender limbs about. All the sounds of the neighborhood – the flutter of birds’ wings, the distant drone of lawnmowers, the clamor of children playing in nearby yards – took on a hollow, tremolo quality. And stranger yet, the neighbor’s dog was laughing at me. “Can this stuff make you hallucinate?” I asked.