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Be careful when you remove it. Don’t tug. If it hurts you are doing it wrong. Stop immediately. It should take only a gentle lift at just the right angle. Ease your head off your neck like this.

Watch. See?

Then shake it vigorously. Like so. And then put it back in place.

Wow! That was great! The whole world looks fresh and new and full of possibilities. I’ve been doing this every week for several years and it has vastly improved the quality of my life. It gets me out of a rut.

You know the way it is. Work. Family. Obligations. It’s good sometimes but it’s also repetitive. You start sleepwalking year after year and then your life is ending and you’ve forgotten to live. I saw it coming and I knew I had to do something about it.

One day, I was agonizing with my head in my hands and I somehow lifted it right off. I couldn’t believe it! I was as incredulous as you are now. But there I was, with my head literally in my hands. I panicked. My limbs were moving spastically. When I finally got my head back in place, I realized what I’d done: I’d refreshed my view of the world.

I can see again. I look out my window and I see stuff, not just the words representing stuff. Look over there. Can you see the tree? Probably not. You think “tree” and fill in a standard picture of one with your expectations.

It’s not just trunk, branches, leaves. It’s these particular branches and leaves. Look. See the shapes, the colors, the movement in the breeze. Guess what? You are alive.

Sadly, it won’t last. In a few days or less, you’ll be life-blind again. You’ll be on auto-pilot. You’ll be rote, a fleshy robot.

Don’t get stuck in that. Remove your head and shake weekly. Doctor’s orders.