Incredibly Strange and Totally True

To say I've been in a melancholy state of mind the past week would put an obviously optimistic slant on my current state of affairs.

Yesterday, in the depths of my daily dark despair, I went into my kitchen and promptly soundly struck my left shin against an open dishwasher door.

Normally, I would have screamed or emitted an unpleasant and painful sound however, upon this unexpected event, I looked at my shin and thought to myself, "Oh, look, I've ran my leg into the dishwasher door," in a matter-of-fact fashion.

Incredibly strange. A most novel reaction.

It was a sort of relief, pseudo a smack across the head which actually cleared my head and mind and brought me back to reality.

It hurt physically but in the mildest of ways. I felt more gratitude and clarity than any thing else. Maybe that's why I awoke, for the first time in days, weeks and words filled my cranium longing to be free and written.

In my depressed emotional state, the sharp pain was more of a help than a hindrance.

Honest. True.