SELF-CARE AND HAPPINESS: Week III

~ Clarissa

This week’s challenge is called:

PROTECT THE FIRE

For 10 minutes every night or early morning next week, we will be looking at fire. This has to do be done in the dark, so if you have to wake up while it is still dark outside, the challenge will work. If not, it has to be done in the evening. Of course, artificial darkness can be manufactured but I have to warn you that this doesn’t have the same effect.

All you need to do is stare at a flame. I use a scented candle, but many people are allergic, and a regular candle will do better. If wax annoys you, you can try those long fireplace matches. The lucky folks who have a fireplace can use it. If none of these possibilities work, there is always the last resort: an app that imitates a flame and that can be used on your handheld device.

So we look at the flame, clear our minds, and see what thoughts and images come to us while we do it.

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9 thoughts on “SELF-CARE AND HAPPINESS: Week III”

  2. Why, the days are noticeably increasing…despite the snow, the first crocuses, the Tommies, are trying to bloom with each warm afternoon? The darkness is descending. Have some bloody faith grrl.

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  3. Heh, I could use a candle, but I spend so much time in front of my computer that the answer is clear: gather all the computers and extra screens I have access to on my desk so it looks like a ’90’s hacker movie battlestation, then fire this on every screen.

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  4. Now I have 2 assignments, having failed fairly well on the last one. This one is really good for winter. People forget the importance of real flame, but in Scandinavia they light candles during the day in winter for this. Candlelit breakfasts, and so on. 😀

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