To take care of my mental health, I've done quite a few things to be mindful, grateful and at peace: meditation in the mornings, a set routine, limiting social media, playing some games, writing, reading books, and coloring. So di pala sya few. Parang kulang nalang magchant ako ng some Buddhist meditation songs like my mom used to do when I was younger (with a cassette tape! haha). I still feel though like I've been sent to spin inside a washing machine na may setting na pinakamataas.
I feel mostly at peace and in the present when I start coloring these black and white pictures with set colors I click on per number. It gives me a bit of a thrill to see what kind of colors will appear and how the picture looks after you've colored it. Oftentimes it isn't what I imagined it to be. I click on landscapes with a tree and mountains and think of sunrise in summer only to reveal that the picture is that of a tree in the mountains at sunset. As I look on the finished product, I can't help but still think that it is beautiful even if it wasn't the one I imagined it to be.
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| Picture taken from Oil Painting Color by Number App |
Thus comes the snail. I accidentally clicked on this picture as I was browsing through the app's animal selection. Then I realized how the snail, as slow as it may seem, keeps moving forward, even if it doesn't seem to be doing so...dahil sa bonggang kabagalan. Naisip ko din, parang wala naman atang snail na pabalik gumalaw. Haha. What a timely reminder. I hope that when I feel stuck, I remember that any step forward is a step in a new direction. Just keep walking...just keep swimming.
