Mental Health vs. Physical Health, Costco Story

 

Having good mental health is linked to good physical health, and vice-versa. You can be fully in shape but mentally a train wreck. I know from personal experience what it's like to be in a deep, dark depression - and yet be in fit/athletic body type. 

The challenge is mental illness is something nobody talks about. No one talks about death and loss. No one begins that difficult conversation about life, and it's eventually ending. Some people never escape this pit of despair. It is very easy to slip back into the normal routine of angst when that's all you know.

I don't believe anyone can be continually happy. We are not made to function like that. There is only a certain amount of dopamine in the brain, and once you hit that level, that's it. Sure, you can cheat and use drugs to temporarily heighten that, but it always dips down below the previous level. 

Costco Story

In line at Costco today, I notice a very attractive woman working there between the cashier stations. She must be 5 foot 3, brown short hair and pretty. She works for Costco. I notice her immediately and I watch her and she notices me looking at her. 

I take a few peeks with my eyes and she returns my look.... she then heads over to a cash register a few lines over and I think she's gone.... a few minutes later she appears again, on my left side, helping a cashier out. I picked up a tower fan, and it was partially blocking my view of her, but still she managed to grab my eye contact even with one eye!

She has her back to me, she leans up with her knee and bends forward to type something into a cashier computer. She has to reach far ahead, She's basically bent over for about a minute while she's helping this woman. I am completely mesmerized. Thank God the lady ahead of me has a ton of shit to ring through, because I got lost in this moment of time. It seemed like forever but it was about a minute. Sweat is coming off my forehead.

I pull my phone out of my pocket to distract myself, then she goes to my register is is suddenly my cashier! I look her into the eyes and say hello how are you? and she smiles... her eyes are large, my god this woman is sexy. Instant attraction.

She rings my items and as she hands me my receipt, I come around the plexiglass and take the receipt from her. I thank her and look her in the eyes again. It gets hot in this Costco almost immediately! 

When I leave the store, I think about what happened. She could have walked around to help that cashier out, but instead leaned forward, oh my God, for what seemed to be hours. Was this on purpose? I'll never know. But I'll have to go back next Saturday at the same time.... 

I picked up some clothes, they have some decent pants and shirts at Costco. I found some excellent LED panel lights for my green screen, and a new vertical fan for my living room