Relaxed

When you look up the word relaxed, it is written “the usual term in

Hypnotism, Meditation, and Physiology, means Ultimate expansion following ultimate contraction due to exhaustion.” Having a place where you can relax and unwind is a good and healthy thing for the body, and for your mind. There are two places that I truly feel relaxed and complete, and I think you’d enjoy them too.

There is a road near my home that is called Zinker Road. Around sunset, when the ground isn’t cold, but is cooling down, is when I love the road the best. There is a big open country field, houses evenly spaced, and horses. When the road starts to curve, there is a big beautiful tree right on the side of it. The tree reminds me of a storybook, or maybe from the book “The Giving Tree”. It makes me feel so at peace and easy when I see it. And when the colors in the sky show, due to the sunset, it’s really breath taking.

When I am driving down that road, with the windows rolled down, and normally playing the band called The Spill Canvas, it makes me feel so good that I just want to drive for hours and hours. I don’t really know what it is about that one tree on this road that gets to me so easily. I cannot describe it. It’s kind of like I know that there’s something wonderful behind it, that my eyes cannot see alone. But, I cannot pass it without it catching my eye. Maybe that’s why God put it there? To bring me and others around me peace after a stressful day? Everything in my life, I see it as a reflection from God. I truly believe that everything happens for a reason, and that everything has a purpose, and are beautiful in its own way.

The other and most important place where I feel very relaxed is when I go outside by myself and pray. Especially when I have so much on my chest that is eating me alive. I’ve always had a close, or tried to have a close relationship with God. I cannot remember an age when I didn’t talk to Him at least once a day. If something is going on in my life, that is getting me off track or that could be stopping my growth, I don’t like who I am. I only like myself when I feel right with God. So, you can see why this would make me feel so at ease.

The first time I ever saw a shooting star was one day when I went outside to pray. I’ve heard of shooting stars, but never witnessed one for myself. One day, probably around last October, I felt messed up all day. As in, I didn’t feel right about myself, and I kept messing up. I went outside on my friend’s porch, and I just sat there and talked with God. And all of a sudden, I see this little glowing thing shoot across the sky. I saw two that night. It made me feel so great, and so peaceful.

I can’t exactly put it into words as to why these two places and actions bring me so much peace, but I don’t really know where I’d be, or what I’d do without them.