The difference a day makes.

Yesterday was not only a Monday (my Tuesday) but it was cold and overcast and dreary enough to dampen my mood. I'm usually able to overcome stuff like the weather, but given my mood lately, it was easy enough to collapse into the greyness and have an all-around crappy day. Did do a small meditation but felt so roiled that if there was a moment when I was able to focus on my breathing it was gone before I had a chance to notice it was there. That was yesterday... Today I woke up too early, listened to the weather report, thought to myself, uh-oh but then stopped. Okay, if that's the way it's going to be, maybe I can do something different and maybe, just maybe if I am able to do that then the day will be different. That's when I noticed that the sun was shining. So the walk to work was good, got here in a different state of mind and then went about doing things differently. The difference in the day has been noticeable, my response to people has not been as miserable and so it's lunchtime and I'm starting to believe I'll survive the day. And yes, that means making my way down to the chapel sometime for a sit in the quiet and maybe a silent meditation to see how that feels. Or maybe I'll take the guitar and play my way into the calm! Nice to remember that I have choices around these things and just because it's grey outside doesn't mean I have to be grey on the inside.

Peace.

The thought for the day is courtesy of St. Augustine: "It is humility that makes men as angels, it was pride that changed angels into devils."