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"Gentlemen,
start your engines" is the silent command on Monday mornings for the North
American workforce. Since most of us are away fro m our work on Saturday
and Sunday, happily and unhappily consumed with other things, starting the mental
engine can require considerable effort. Three
cups of coffee is usually sufficient to start my engine on Monday morning, but
it was not the case this past Monday. My morning appointments went well but something
seriously turned the afternoon into a slump. Dreaded writer's block had set in
and I had become a prisoner of gravity mentally and physically. I
learned in school that gravity is unchanging as a constant force of attraction.
Since then, I've always been confused by gravity since
it never seems to be constant. On days like Monday, the force is incredibly strong.
It slowed every thought and motion I had to a pace that a turtle could outrun.
Today, its forces have diminished significantly as the
pace of my walk has increased and thoughts flow like rushing rivers instead of
dripping faucets. I suspect that the physics teachers are still spouting that
bunk about gravity being a constant force, but I want to pass the word along to
you that gravity affects the way we think and move due to its constant changing
forces. Some
suggestions for overcoming those occasional slumps when gravity has taken over
your life: - Change your surroundings.
As painful as it is to overcome the law of inertia (body at rest tends to stay
at rest) move to a different chair, room or building. Breaking the harmony
of the gravitational field is rejuvenating for mind and body.
- Call a friend to discuss
your slump and ask for some suggestions to get through the temporary block.
- Stop working on the stalled
project and work on something new
- Pick up the pace of your
walk, your writing and your speaking.
- Eat chocolate. It tastes
good under all circumstances.
Recognize
the fact that everyone has a blue Monday on occasion and that you will get over
it. To
get going on Monday, just get going. I
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