People Hangovers

We all know that feeling, sluggishness, the awful after taste in our ether following an encounter with someone that drains us, pulls the plug on our system, and never leaves us with a feeling of closure. Despite all of the healthi-er boundaries in place, we’re not meant to control so much in such a fast webbing of a universe. The relationship, especially if biological family, ebbs and flows its waters into ours, negating any international truce in waters. I cannot think of anything more life numbing and exhausting than this form of “Groundhog’s Day,” yet I’m one of many that lives this. The argument that shows up every so many years and looks the same, tastes the same, same wording, same dialogue even, and same anger. I don’t engage, but the energy hiding in my trash bin is real. And, no matter what you bring to the table, again and again, this other force is stuck in replay. You don’t even have to be there. The challenge is it infects everyone. And during a busy week, it’s the last extra something we need in an era that offers such on a global basis daily. So, what to do? Well, give yourself grace. If you really are beyond it all, have found your own sense of closure through identifying the ghosts that live in your place at this table’s lifelong argument, it really isn’t about you is it? But the energy is intense and real, so, what can you do? Turn off your phone, oversleep, and play some beautiful tunes. Be light. Engage with the world that you love. Above all, shine bright my love.