They say that if you have a mantra you use when you meditate that when you are in a stressful situation you can simply recall your mantra and be at peace. It’s sort of a way to get a taste of that meditative calm when you can’t actually meditate. I know the concept, really, I do.
But the only mantra I can come up with is, “I will not throw up. I will not throw up.”
I was on a plane in March. Apparently, I need to be flying more often to make this phobia even close to manageable. Blast.
I’ve got a stack of magazines that I never got to read with me. I’ve got comfortable easy to kick off air port shoes. I’ve got music and a Bose sound reduction headset, though the fact that they won’t let you use it on take off or landing, the times when I need it most, is most disconcerting.
I will also have the new Jason book with me, and may try to work on the plane. I find that working on my own book is more absorbing than reading someone else’s sometimes. If my head hasn’t gotten too ugly. We’ll see how it goes.
Trying to be calm
May 31, 2007
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