Yesterday I was not feeling good. I was in a blue mood. It was one of those days that you wake up and you know is going to be a hard one. One of those days in which all the things that are worrying you come to your head and do not let you see the lightness. The weather did not help either. It was cloudy and rained all day long.
In the afternoon, I had arranged to meet some friends. Not really “friends”, just people you know and you see time by time, but not the kind of friends you do not mind to meet whatever your mood is. And I did not feel like spending my time with that people yesterday, but I could not reject their invitation again. So I went knowing I would have to pretend I was happy to see them and I was interested in the evolution of their lives.
To take matters worse, when I was waiting for them where we had arranged, they phoned me saying they were half an hour late. I was tempted to say “ok, sorry but I have a lot of things to do, I go home, we meet another day”. But I did not. I decided to wait patiently for them and try to calm my angriness. And then was when I saw a blood donation van. I thought that way not, how I could while away my time better than donating blood. So I went in the van and let the professionals take half a litre of blood from my arm.
Everything was ok and I left the van after drinking a juice and eat some biscuits in a much better mood. If I were not human, I could think that the time I was lying in the stretcher waiting my blood to fill the bag helped me to relax and think more positively about life. But I am afraid I am human and the fact that I felt proud of myself for helping and having a gesture of solidarity, the fact that I was feeling good with myself for what I had just done, was what changed my mood yesterday. Sadly, this is the human condition, but sometimes it is of use to somebody.
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It took a while, but there you are again... experiencing the human condition. I'm glad for you!
Ready to embark on the big trip on february 17th... soon.
Hey!
I think it's a good way to be selfish: helping other people! Personally, when I feel a bit angry without any reason, I think about my luck in general terms: I'm healthy and with good company!!! So, I think I've to make an effort to feel more often happy and fortunate.
I've seen your comment! I'm glad you like my english blog. Maybe I'll write in some ocasion but I'm devoting my time to a catalan blog: www.paletadidees.blogspot.com
If you have some gloomy moment, you could take a look at it!
And the last thing I've to say today is that this feeling with music happens to me several times!
Where are you? Came back to see if there were any news. How was the experience?
Nice to "see" you! Where are you now?
Wow! I am fine. Working in Barcelona.
I am in Costa Rica. I arrived 5 days ago, now trying to adapt myself to a very different life. It is temporary, 3 months.
You are incredible! Write somehing on your blog, so we can learn what you are doing there!
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