Homeopathy

Korrin B.

March 22, 2010 - 1:00 AM

The practice of homeopathy believes that like cures like. Therefore, when the soul trashes about in waves of emotion, it only makes sense to throw it into the furious waves of the ocean. When the body longs for connection, it is logical to cuddle up with a tender, loving hound. And when the heart can't find a sense of space, it's time to send it home. Saturday began my homeopathic treatment, healing myself with these three remedies in particular.

Winter term has officially come to a close. I took my last final at 10:15am Friday and then was finally free. I must say that it was an incredibly busy term, but at the same time a quite wonderful term as well. However, by 12:15pm Friday, I wanted nothing more than to rid myself of all of it. By Saturday morning, I wanted out of Eugene as fast as I could possibly go.

I hurriedly packed my bags, put on my California music mix, and hit I-5 South. A little more than four hours later, I saw my first stretch of gorgeous Northern California coastline. This is always my favorite part of the drive home. The second I see the ocean again I have such a calming, reassuring feeling. I pulled over at the first opportunity I had, kicked off my shoes, rolled up my pants, and ran out into the crashing waves of the Pacific. The ice-cold water hit my feet and as the waves pulled back out into the sea, I felt the stress of the term being washed out of my very soul. The ocean always lets me start over again.

About another hour later, I was pulling into my driveway. Seconds after that, I was hugging and petting and playing with my favorite dog in the entire world. I fell asleep that night in my room that I painted hot pink, lime green, neon orange, and neon blue when I was in high school. It was a very good sleep.

Sunday was a gorgeous day here, so I went to go hit a few buckets of balls at the golf course with my dad. I hadn't been back to a golf course since I played my absolute worst game of golf at the Northcoast Sections tournament my senior year in high school. I was expecting to be pretty awful, but my swing came back to me quicker than I thought it would. It could still use some definite fine-tuning, but it felt good to be back out there. I think I'm going to bring my clubs back up to Eugene with me this time.

In summary, I left Eugene in a hurry and in a huff. I needed some change and was ready to leave winter term behind. I have only been home one full day now, but I already feel the energy coming back to me. I'll need it to sustain my upcoming 19-credit spring quarter.