Good evening everyone,mo
I hope that you had a chance to enjoy the warm, late summer day. It’s been quite a long week of playing catch up for me at work since I was out with the flu last week. However, I can’t complain. Believe it or not, I actually love my job. I know how “sick” that sounds but it is true. I enjoy having the balance between the “left” and “right” side of my brain on a daily basis. It keeps me going 🙂
I am an optimist by nature but from time to time, I have my down moments. Now… my brain always does this weird thing when I am feeling on the down and out. It forces me to look “outside” of myself for distractions, for reasons to be happy. Usually, not every time, but usually it works.
I’ve been feeling a bit of the “end of the summer blues” this week. As expected, I found myself doing my usual routine of “looking out”… I found myself browsing through the news. I don’t know if it’s a coincident or what but between Monday and Tuesday, I saw a bunch of bad news related to death. (As if I needed something morbid to focus on huh?)
The first news on Monday had to do with, Carlisle Brigham, the daughter of the city’s former budget director. Well, deaths happen on a daily basis around the city but the weird thing about this incident is the fact that it occurred right across the street of my favorite hangout on Orchard Street. How weird is that?
Then, there was the Empire State Building shooting followed by the hurricane and then the news this AM about the Columbia University freshman who committed suicide. My heart goes out to the parents of that student.
After all the morbid news that seem to flood to my attention I decided to take a step back and mulled things over. I arrived at the conclusion that whatever is causing my blues is trivial in the grand scheme of things. So many of us tend to dwell on unhappiness in our own lives. Some people even go as far as seeking to be unhappy, to the point of sabotaging whatever happiness they’ve got. It’s kind of sick but it’s quite common. Reminding myself of all the “good” things in my life cheered me up. I’ve got music, my family, great mentors, friends and a great job. That is a lot more than a lot of people can say. I am grateful.
A piece of advice before I conclude my blog for the day is when you feel down and out, take the time and make a list of what you’ve got that you are happy about. Things that you may have been taking for granted, simple things such as having a roof over your head or having dinner on your table, being able to breathe….
Have a great evening my friends.