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Yea, I got high over the weekend. Here's how:
1) The fountain in front of my home is broke; specifically, it is leaking. Since the fountain is very heavy, the repair would take a minimum 3 guys to move the fountain to diagnose and repair. Instead of calling a company for a repair, I am proud to say that I diagnosed and fixed the leak. THE FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AFTERWARD WAS LIKE A HIGH!
2) Before heading to the gym in the early AM, I was in my Lambo with the top down and able to take in the sunrise just peeking above a mountain range .... with the cool breeze in my face, some soft violins on the stereo, and a slow saunter down the empty road, I felt HIGH.
3) After spending ONE HOUR on the elliptical machine at the gym, the RUSH OF ENERGY and CLARITY I felt afterward was .... well ... like a HIGH ... and it LASTED ALL DAY.
4) I bought a garden bridge for my pool and it required assembly. When I pulled out the instructions I thought "Utt oh" -- complicated assembly instructions. I am terrible at assembling these things made in China. I have no patience. I'm not mechanical. I took a deep breathe and concluded that I will not let my past dictate my ability in the future. Instead of calling someone to assemble this bridge, I hunkered down and put it together myself on the first try and without issue. This was probably the first time I EVER put something together correctly without having to struggle. After my bridge was complete, I FELT HIGH!
Now ....
All these highs ....
Are naturally induced ....
And here is what I know, at least for me ...
If you told me that I could EXPERIENCE THESE SAME FEELINGS by the simple act of SMOKING WEED and I took that option, I DOUBT I would have done any of the above: No fountain repair, no exercise, no bridge assembly, no early morning drive -- why bother when SMOKING WEED gives me the easily obtained high.
Why spend an hour on the elliptical exerciser? I could just smoke weed.
Why take a 5AM drive on an empty road? I could just smoke weed.
Why fix the fountain yourself? Call someone and smoke weed instead.
Why put together that bridge? Pay the neighbor kid to do it and smoke weed.
So my options were:
A) Take the easy road, smoke weed and get high artificially and accomplish nothing naturally.
or
B) Take the hard road and create my own highs through natural mind-body connections.
My point: If I knew absolutely that these natural highs could be mimicked by the EZ road -- weed -- I would have done NONE of the above. Why bother to seek natural highs when I can just buy it and smoke it?
What was your high?
1) The fountain in front of my home is broke; specifically, it is leaking. Since the fountain is very heavy, the repair would take a minimum 3 guys to move the fountain to diagnose and repair. Instead of calling a company for a repair, I am proud to say that I diagnosed and fixed the leak. THE FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AFTERWARD WAS LIKE A HIGH!
2) Before heading to the gym in the early AM, I was in my Lambo with the top down and able to take in the sunrise just peeking above a mountain range .... with the cool breeze in my face, some soft violins on the stereo, and a slow saunter down the empty road, I felt HIGH.
3) After spending ONE HOUR on the elliptical machine at the gym, the RUSH OF ENERGY and CLARITY I felt afterward was .... well ... like a HIGH ... and it LASTED ALL DAY.
4) I bought a garden bridge for my pool and it required assembly. When I pulled out the instructions I thought "Utt oh" -- complicated assembly instructions. I am terrible at assembling these things made in China. I have no patience. I'm not mechanical. I took a deep breathe and concluded that I will not let my past dictate my ability in the future. Instead of calling someone to assemble this bridge, I hunkered down and put it together myself on the first try and without issue. This was probably the first time I EVER put something together correctly without having to struggle. After my bridge was complete, I FELT HIGH!
Now ....
All these highs ....
Are naturally induced ....
And here is what I know, at least for me ...
If you told me that I could EXPERIENCE THESE SAME FEELINGS by the simple act of SMOKING WEED and I took that option, I DOUBT I would have done any of the above: No fountain repair, no exercise, no bridge assembly, no early morning drive -- why bother when SMOKING WEED gives me the easily obtained high.
Why spend an hour on the elliptical exerciser? I could just smoke weed.
Why take a 5AM drive on an empty road? I could just smoke weed.
Why fix the fountain yourself? Call someone and smoke weed instead.
Why put together that bridge? Pay the neighbor kid to do it and smoke weed.
So my options were:
A) Take the easy road, smoke weed and get high artificially and accomplish nothing naturally.
or
B) Take the hard road and create my own highs through natural mind-body connections.
My point: If I knew absolutely that these natural highs could be mimicked by the EZ road -- weed -- I would have done NONE of the above. Why bother to seek natural highs when I can just buy it and smoke it?
What was your high?
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