MOODS We are all given to great days and "blue days." Sometimes the cause of these feelings is very clear; at other times our moods seem unrelated to the events of our lives and even contradictory to them: things are going well but we feel down; things are going badly but we are unaccountably upbeat. We need not always seek to explain these moods. More important is simply that we recognize them and be master of them. In times of happiness it is vital that we remember to share. The first thought attendant upon our own happiness should be: How can I share this? How can I make others happy at this time? Unshared happiness withers. When we feel emotionally low we must be especially assertive of our own will - in a positive direction. We should have some automatic responses ready for moments of depression -- ideas, activities, methods of combat. Otherwise we will fall victim to useless self-pity, self-destruction, over-eating, misplaced hostility, self-perpetuating misery and so forth. Understanding our own emotional roller-coaster should make us more sympathetic toward others. We should try to recognize and adjust to their moods as well as to our own. DBM - 1974 Take it
easy. There will be another day after today.
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