"Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain. "
Grey. The only word to describe the weather at the moment is grey. It seems that so far this week, it has simply been grey outside. Nothing else but dull, grey and boring. Blurgh!
I seem to talk a lot about weather in my blogs, but it's just something that's always there, and I guess that it's something that everyone knows about. Good topic for a blog then! It's funny how much of an impact the weather has on us. When I wake up in the morning and the sun is out, I feel completely different to when I wake up and it's cloudy, rainy and cold. Anyone else? When I wake up to those sorts of mornings I just want to turn back over and get back to sleep. Just like today!
Weather affects us more than we realise.
But why? What do we really mean by "weather," that thing that is just there? It's not something we can hold, it's not something we can directly see. We don't see temperature, we don't see humidity. But I suppose we do feel it and we do see aspects parts of it, the rain, the sun etc. Weather really isn't something we necessarily see but it's something we certainly feel.
In fact, Doctors have come to find that there is a name for people who are affected by the weather. It's called SAD; Seasonal Affective Disorder. So it's not just me then. Ok, so maybe I don't really have SAD, but it just shows how much of an impact something, which isn't really there, can affect us.
The weather being grey isn't exactly harming me. It's not something I feel, it's not something I can touch, and yet it can still affect the way I and others feel.
I wonder how often in life we go through times, through situations, where we let things affect us that are caused by things that are not really there? Things we can't see or feel, things that don't physically harm us, yet they are things that can directly affects us. We stress and worry about things that are not there. Events that are in the future, things we presume might happen, worries about the what ifs in life. We let a whole load of different things affect us, and very often they are things that are not even there. More often than not they are things that we have ended up putting into our heads, and now spend our time stressing about.
And so I end with this thought.
Grey weather is bad. I hate it. Its dull, its boring, quite simply it's grey. And yet, if it was sunny all the time I would probably, eventually, blog about how I hate the sun being out all the time. Truth is the grey dull weather helps me to better appreciate the good weather.
Life is just like that. Although we go through times where we stress and worry about things that are not really there, like grey weather, those moments are very real to us and help us to better appreciate everything else we have in life. The bad, grey times in our lives help us to better appreciate the good, bright times.
As I drove home form work tonight, I saw a small patch of blue sky directly above me. Just seeing the blue sky amongst the grey was enough to completely change my mood. The grey was finally shifting! It was the glimpse of knowing that the grey wasn't going to last forever.
Whatever you are going through in life just remember the grey won't last forever. Look hard enough and you'll see the blue sky above you, a glimpse that the grey is almost over!
Bywyd sydd yn byw! - Just living life!
RM
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