Good Advice Any Day

We arrived at the Swan Hotel late Tuesday night after 22 hours of travel. Tired doesn't begin to express.
The following morning, Kathleen and I were sitting by the pool after an early morning dip and I noticed a sign above the door between the pool and the breakfast room that says, "Mind Your Head." My though was "That's good advice any day."



I find that when I mind my head, I notice when emotion or physical circumstance creates thoughts that are not useful. we live in a world that asks us to ignore hunger, fatigue, fear, sadness and anger in order to do more, but our bodies react to these signals, create thoughts aimed at relieving the present stress. When these circumstances collide with modern concerns, our thoughts have trouble translating primal emotions into coherent, useful reaction.
For instance, when we arrived here, I had to do paper work related to check-in. I was beyond tired, so my mind wanted to shut down. My thoughts then moved to "This is too complex. I can't understand the language (everything was in English!) and I thought this was taken care of?" In my defense, I  was sound asleep 10 minutes later.
So, mind your head and your body because both are only trying to help you.

We are into day 3 now and fly to Chiang Mai this evening where there is a flower festival taking place. I suspect we will see many orchids.
Yesterday we visited a 45 meter reclining Budda and Kathleen and I went for a Thai massage. Holy Crap! is all I'll say about that massage. Well, that and talk about deep tissue massage.
The first day we visited the Grand Palace, but were too late to get inside.
Bangkok is Merida times 10. So, no big surprises just a lot more of everything. Although, the sidewalks are mostly good so far.

Bangkok has the added feature of a river that no longer has banks. The boats are a riot. I'm loving the water taxi.