Better than therapy?

This last week has been a rough one and I've been having some major blues. This morning my cousin/best friend kirk, called me up and wanted to go shoot some .22's because the ammo is cheap and I have 3 types of them. At first the Idea of shooting was as appealing as peeing my pants and staying in them all day. Yet non the less I decided to go with him and his brother. We 4x4'd his car up a mountain road, set up some soda cans and had a blast. It's been almost 8 months since I've been shooting and I have forgotten how therapeutic it is to fire off a few hundred rounds. In the hour that we shot I worked out more emotional problems then a month of weekly counseling. I now remember why I shoot, and why I do archery, it's calming. It allows you to focus on one thing at a time and forget everything else. It allows your mind to sort and process everything. It is a meditation, much like floating in a pool is to me, with out the deep thought.
If you watch this clip it's the type of shooting I did for a couple years, when you are in a comp, and the buzzer goes off you forget everything in your life, you almost forget your name. It is the closest thing to feeling out of body I have ever had, you just act, there is no thinking.



So thank you Kirk, you gave me exactly what I needed today.