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Stressed?… “Calgon, Take me Away!”
Better yet, just focus on your own fish
Our world is pretty crazy these days.
Do you feel like you’re on the edge, where nothing is certain, everything is scary, and you can’t control what’s happening around you? You are NOT alone! We’re at a cataclysmic point in human history, and it often feels like there’s no end in sight. It makes me wish for the days of the old Calgon commercials… “Calgon, take me away,” sighs a woman lounging back into a big tub of bubbles.
If you’re too young to remember Calgon, this ad represented the ultimate in relaxation for the busy woman who struggled all day to do everything on her list. But at the end of the day, she could call out to Calgon, and drop into a tub of stress-relieving suds.
Ah, that sounds so good!
A bubble bath doesn’t happen much in my world- I’d have to clean the tub, and worry that the water would leak into my neighbor’s apartment below me because it did once and none of three plumbers could figure out why. It also seems wasteful to fill up that tub just to sit there for 20 minutes. Instead, when people or circumstances get me down or overwhelm me, I take a few minutes, step away from whatever I’m doing, and focus on my own fish.
