Do you ever wake up without any enthusiasm for the day ahead of you? You know, the kind of morning where getting dressed and out of the house is almost too much work? We all have those mornings – low energy, listless, not hopeful or excited about anything.
These kinds of mornings used to make me fearful that I was falling into some kind of pattern, until I started paying attention to the weather report in a different way. The morning weather used to just be useful to me to let me know what kind of coat to leave the house with. Today something else occurred to me. Today is a cloudy, dark morning, but up above those clouds, the sun is shining brightly. Just because the clouds cover my sky overhead that doesn’t mean the light and heat from the sun are gone. It is the same way with the clouds I wake up with in my mind. My lack of energy today does not change the things I feel and believe. I still have a strong faith in God and a strong love for my family. The light and heat that radiates who I am is still there, behind the unenthusiastic beginning to my day.
I somehow take great comfort in that. Feelings are as fleeting as the clouds. Who we are is like the sun, forever shining behind our present emotions and moods. The clouds will pass , as will our listlessness, but the sun and our person remain steady. The comfort comes in knowing both will pass, and sunlight and energy will return.
And so, as another day goes by, once again Mother Earth teaches and inspires me, and ….I have written.
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