Yesterday, I couldn't seem to get myself motivated. I woke up-- only to return to bed within a couple of hours. Not motivated for much of anything, sadness and depression were pressing in from unfamiliar places. I allowed myself to succumb to the nothingness I was feeling. Thankfully, I had an engagement to attend a birthday dinner celebration for one of my brothers. Within minutes of the company of friends and families, my countenance begin to shift. Engaging in small talk while we waited to be seated. Someone made mentioned of the weather, it has been raining for several weeks now... she said, "I'm ready for the rain to end, this rain is making me sad". It was like a light bulb was turned on, I too had been affected by the gloomy, cloudy rainy days. Personally, I love the rain---but too much rain-- makes the brightness of the sun absent and both are very much needed.
The truth is, external factors weigh in on many things. External factors can make a good day bad, or a bad day good. External factors can make one sad, or make one happy. External factors can make us feel like failures or successes. External factors can give life or take life. This is the thing, the power is not in the "external factor" itself, the power is not knowing how these "X FACTORS" affect us! Once I understood why I was feeling so sad, the sadness went away, it was like I received a Big Dose of Vitamin D!
Clearly, there is a war raging inside and outside each and every person on any given day. Passivity will not cut it, we must be actively aggressive in all matters of our lives. When something unfamiliar creeps into our countenance, saps our sense of well-being, we must actively pursue the source. If we can't do it for ourselves; prayerfully, someone around us, someone near that does not need an invitation... can recognize the "funkiness" and give us a much needed dose of reality...with a boost of Vitamin G of course!
This my friends is why we don't want to "do life alone" We need each other!
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