Keep Your Aura To Yourself

To the requests that I post pics of the new haircut, it may be a while. The only working camera I have is the one on my phone (the pics I posted from Halloween were ones I stole from friends' cameras). Anyway, my phone takes pretty really crappy pictures so I'll have to wait until I can get my hands on a quality camera.

It's official guys. Winter is here and we're probably not going to see the end of it until next June. I kid you not, non-midwesterners. Generally, we don't get four seasons a year. There's usually about six months of Winter with a few "nice" days at the tail-end (that's our supposed Spring), and then suddenly, it's Summer. We get a mixture of unseasonably hot and cold weather for about four months, and then BAM! It's Winter again. No, Fall segue. Just frigid, bitter Winter. I love Chicago, but I think I'm going to have to settle on the West Coast.

It's easy to get in a funk when it's cold outside. Winter depression is the absolute worst. With constantly cloudy skies and below freezing weather, you have to ask yourself on the daily, why you even get out of bed in the morning. I've been there before, and I'm going to try my hardest not to go back. When I find myself letting the weather get to me, I give myself an attitude check by saying positive affirmations. Something like, Today is going to be a great day! You've got your health, your family, a roof over your head, and food in your stomach. You're amazingly blessed. What are you sad for? It may sound kind of simple, but reminding myself of the positives does actually help oust my bad moods.

I guess I've been thinking alot about being positive because of all the negativity I've been dealing with lately. I've always believed that people have emotional auras and energy they put out in the universe, but I've never been as certain of it as I am now. Eversince I was really young, I've had the gift (or curse) of being able to identify with someone else's emotions to an elevated degree. So, since I'm always so aware of everyone else's negative energy, I try to make sure I put out nothing but positivity. Don't get me wrong, we all wake up on the wrong side of the bed sometimes. So everyone is entitled to a funk. But I'm just saying, if you're having a bad day, try to keep it to yourself so you won't bring somone else's down. When people are depressed, I feel it. When people are angry, I feel it. That's why, when I was dealing with my depression, I made sure to stay away from people since I knew my mood couldn't be disuaded.

I tried to do a little research on moods and auras, but didn't find much. It wasn't until I typed in "emotions are contagious" that I got a ton of results. According to this New York Times article, all it takes is a millisecond for someone else's mood to affect your own, or vice versa. So, if you've ever woken up extremely happy, but the second you made it to work/class your mood suddenly sank, it wasn't a case of feminine whim. You indeed contracted an ETD (Emotionally Transmitted Disease).

So, now that you know this phenomenon exists, protect yourself! When you leave the house, make sure you have enough pep in your step to counter any of the negative energy that you may encounter. This is a two way street though. If you know that you're in a really shitty mood, try to steer clear of crowds until you feel a little better. You wouldn't want to infect anyone else, now would you?

p.s.

Since we're on the topic of positive energy, this is what I decided on for my next tattoo:
It's called a Cho Ku Rei:

Cho – full
Ku – ceremonial vessel
Rei – transcended mystery, Holy Spirit or Universal Life Force

Its literal translation is: Put the power of the Universe here. The symboly is used to command and attract all of the positive energy in the Universe. I'm getting it on my inner left wrist. I think it'll complement the Ohm on my right one.

What do you guys think?