The Woman In The Red Dress

7- Control Your Emotions

Spring is already here. Finally some warm weather. The cold was getting annoying. Even though Spring has times where it's cold, wet, or warm, I still like it.

It also happens to be a nice weekend. This morning was really warm and comfortable. A little too comfortable in fact that I didn't want to get up from bed. Eventually I did get up. Can't spend the entire day in bed. Sounds depressing. Once I was up, I decided to go watch some TV to see if anything good was on. The weather channel was the first thing to pop up. The weatherman went on how this entire week was going to be perfectly warm. Ah, warm weather. Sounds great.

I did expect myself to do something productive today though, but instead I just spent most of my morning sitting on the couch doing nothing. Didn't want to lie in bed all day, but then I lay on the couch all morning. Jeez me. I kind of felt bummed out. My eyes wandered around the living room until it went towards my open window. I stared outside for a while, seeing the bright sun. Think something came to my mind. Why not go for a nice morning walk ? It's healthy and productive and I really want to do something right now.

Going with the idea of walking, I threw on some jeans, a plain shirt, and some sneakers then headed out. Wow. It is extremely warm outside. Feels pretty nice. Maybe this will improve my mood.

My phone was in my pocket just in case someone ever happened to text or call me. Didn't plan to really use it. I shall enjoy this weather. Hopefully nothing can ruin my mood for today. Boy, that would suck.

Many birds flew around the city, chirping loudly. Some were on the ground pecking at what I assume to be crumbs. Or possibly pebbles. They flew off when I walked close to them. The sky was a nice shade of blue with a couple of clouds scattered about.

During my pleasant walking, I for some reason started to think about emotions. Lately I've been a bit too needy and I'm curious if it is possible to just delete an emotion. Sociopaths exist, yeah, but they don't feel any emotion. All I want to remove is one emotion. The most common emotion that I see people lose is fear since humans have the ability to overcome their own fears. That's not the emotion I want gone though. How cool would it be to choose whatever emotion to just disappear entirely ? And maybe deciding whenever to receive the emotion back ? Could be extremely useful in certain situations. Laughing at a bad time is severely awkward, so why not lose that giggly feeling for a temporary amount of time. Life would be so much easier if us humans have the ability to do that.

I was getting lost in thoughts. There are many things that sound cool to do, but are impossible to have happen since we're humans. Basic and simple humans. I did snap back to reality before I accidentally stepped onto the busy road. My eyes soon spotted the park that wasn't too far from where I was currently. I could just chill there for a while. I walked into the park grounds and it seemed empty. There weren't any people here for some reason. It's a nice day. Where did everyone go ? Bingo ?

I walked around until I saw the basketball court. Seems like someone is here. It appears that it's someone playing basketball by themselves. I squinted to get a good look at them. Oddly they looked familiar. Is it the hair ? Getting curious, I headed over to the basketball court. Now that I could see them properly, I can now determine that I did see them before. But from where ?

I felt like a weirdo by standing in place watching this person play. Maybe I should go say hi so they don't notice me and get creeped out from my unexpected presence. My feet moved towards them and when it seemed like a good time to speak, I said loud enough for them to hear, "Hello."

Perhaps I startled them a bit since I witnessed them nearly drop the basketball they were holding in their hands. They turned around to face me. Yup. I definitely have seen them before. A small smile formed on their face as they said to me, "Oh, hi. You're Leon, correct ?"