DID I SAY I LIKE HUMANS?
I look out the window and see raw, cold, and cloudy. I’m about to step out and be enveloped by it…mentally, emotionally and physically.
I turn on the computer for the “accurate forecast” and the weather website heralds: Severe weekend storm alert! Then I glance down at a chart which has a pain index for the day…”minimal” is listed. Here’s what I thought:
Which kind of pain will be minimal today? Emotional, mental, or people who insist on being “a boil on the butt of humanity” kind of pain?
I don’t know about you, but on days like this, Bipolar Disorder tends to over-ripen my senses. Noise, florescent lighting, too many people milling around me in crowded places, makes me want to isolate myself.
In harmony with the picture above, since weather affects the mood something terrible, I’d like to be transported to another weather system immediately….
Can’t do it though. I’ve got a household with the lives of three people and a dog to run. You fill in the blank: It’s a good thing _______is available, otherwise I couldn’t take another step. My fill-in is prayer.
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