take a bath
when i don't know what to do or how to deal with life — sometimes i drop everything and take a bath. taking a bath is like the opposite of taking a walk — a walk means movement, air, earth, sun, light. a bath means stillness, settling, soaking and sinking in oneself — a retreat into physical or metaphorical darkness; the 360 degree embrace of water. a chance to swim and sit with the sharks in the emotional closet and befriend them, transform them into whales. perhaps it's because i'm a quadruple scorpio, but the effect of water (baths, showers, lakes, oceans) is always soothing, calming, and a moment of settling inwards and realizing that there is nothing inside me — to run away from. nothing to fear.