Food for Thought

 Salam. 

When I was in Myanmar, I don’t quite understand why I was in constant state of feeling gloom. I had nice bunch of  friends and I was always keeping in touch with my family in Malaysia but still there were something that didn’t feel settled or right. After some time, I just happened to know that the weather, the constant rain without the sun was the reason that caused me to be in that gloomy state. The place that we stayed, Yangon experienced raining season for about 6 months a year, and the non-exposure to the sun was the reason why I did not feel okay last time. 

Now, I am back to Malaysia for good and I make a point to expose myself to the sun everyday, either via my morning run or just simply open my window to let the sunlight in. It is quite absurd that having done this small act improves my mood, but it does feel good to let the natural course play it roles in my life. 

From the book Live Happy, the author shared that actually there are occasions that we experienced ‘false bad mood’ because of the food that we consumed. As we all know, food that we consumed is absorbed by our body and brain, and processed food does affect our brain and eventually our mood, making it sour. We are actually not really in bad mood, but having the bad food i.e. processed food does make us feel bad. This explain why for some people that eat and consume real food, their mood was better and eventually, they enjoy better quality of life because they can focus on the current moment, practising mindfulness and decide better without being blinded by negativity resulted from having bad mood. 

I really want to enjoy better quality in my life.This means that I need to cook more, seems like this is the most effective way I can make sure I have good food in my dietary. But I enjoy cleaning more than cooking. #alasan 

Take care and hope everything is okay at your end. Bye!