Where I lack coherence...
I was sorting mail this morning at work, which is one of my utterly annoying daily tasks, and someone came down to check their mailbox. Naturally, a conversation about the weather grew out of the obligatory hellos and howareyous. And I had this revelation about myself, people I know, the world...I mean, the possibilities are endless.
See, I'm sick of talking about the weather, hearing about the weather, and having to commiserate about the weather. The weather does affect me, like it does everyone, in that if it's too humid or too hot, I can't really breathe. But otherwise, it's just weather. It ebbs and flows, changes depending on how we treat the environment, how pissed off Mother Nature is, and whether tectonic plates are shifting. We allow it to affect our mood...but really, it's just like our moods. And I'm sick of everyone being so damn moody. And I'm sick of talking about the weather.
The reality, for me at least, is that we do a shit poor job (mostly) of taking care of ourselves, just like we do a shit poor job of taking care of the environment. Thusly, rather than having those days that make you want to exclaim "it's so BEEYOOOOOTIFUL!" we have manic shifts in temperature and mood. And I really want people to balance out. Take care of yourselves, people. Have a process to work through your stuff, take care of yourselves, relax, decompress and just generally heal. If you do that, you'll find that things will really be ok. I mean, I think the goal should be, more often than not, to just be ok. Not great. Not always fantastic. Just ok. Good. Decent. Middle of the road.
And no, I don't mean blah.
So hike up your britches and start taking care of yourselves. Stop being like the weather. Stop talking about it so damn much. Just enjoy it. As far as I know, I have 100 years (or less) on this revolving ball of gravity and gas, and I might as well be calm enough to enjoy it.
See, I'm sick of talking about the weather, hearing about the weather, and having to commiserate about the weather. The weather does affect me, like it does everyone, in that if it's too humid or too hot, I can't really breathe. But otherwise, it's just weather. It ebbs and flows, changes depending on how we treat the environment, how pissed off Mother Nature is, and whether tectonic plates are shifting. We allow it to affect our mood...but really, it's just like our moods. And I'm sick of everyone being so damn moody. And I'm sick of talking about the weather.
The reality, for me at least, is that we do a shit poor job (mostly) of taking care of ourselves, just like we do a shit poor job of taking care of the environment. Thusly, rather than having those days that make you want to exclaim "it's so BEEYOOOOOTIFUL!" we have manic shifts in temperature and mood. And I really want people to balance out. Take care of yourselves, people. Have a process to work through your stuff, take care of yourselves, relax, decompress and just generally heal. If you do that, you'll find that things will really be ok. I mean, I think the goal should be, more often than not, to just be ok. Not great. Not always fantastic. Just ok. Good. Decent. Middle of the road.
And no, I don't mean blah.
So hike up your britches and start taking care of yourselves. Stop being like the weather. Stop talking about it so damn much. Just enjoy it. As far as I know, I have 100 years (or less) on this revolving ball of gravity and gas, and I might as well be calm enough to enjoy it.