#63: "Red, White and No More Blues" Ice Cream

So last night I had an epiphany...

When you're flat on your back, wondering "What Next!?" -- feeling like you got run over by 10 lorries on the highway -- the trick is follow the recipe I suggested earlier this week, but to also add this:

When in a "slump state," it is nearly impossible to have a clear perspective. Why? When you're flat on the ground, exhausted, you're literally in no "position" to see all you've accomplished before and all the exciting things that might lie ahead. Unlike owls -- who can nearly turn their heads 360 degrees -- we humans (sadly) have greater limitations when it comes to the fact that we must literally be facing most of what we can see.

In a slump state, it is therefore essential to let yourself lie down and rest, but to also imagine and visualize yourself watching yourself from a bird's eye perspective. Imagine that you are a great bird, hovering in the sky, staring down at your currently exhausted self lying on the road. It's only when we're far away in space that we can see our entire planet in all its splendour. Likewise, it's only when we have an eagle's eye perspective from the sky that we can see our life's accomplishments and have a grander (and more authentic) perspective of what's real and what really matters, and how much we have already overcome.

Try it. See what happens...

p.s. Btw, "Red, White and No More Blues" is a real ice cream that I spotted in a grocery store near Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. I've never actually tried it, but I thought it was interesting and laughed out loud when I saw it. How American!