For the past week, I've been in a slump - a little bit of depression, some anger, resentment. I hate feeling this way.
Hate it. Despise. Revolt. I think you get it. Unfortunately, it happens on occasion, perhaps to all of us to varying degrees.
What's the remedy? Depends on you, right? Society in general will tell you to seek inward. Do what makes you happy. Shop, eat, sleep, exercise. I will agree with the exercise suggestion - endorphins make people happy (happy people don't kill people - name that movie). To other extremes, society make even say indulge in your appetites: drugs, alcohol, other harmful behaviors.
I would say, in my own humble opinion, to look out. Who needs your help? The little old lady next door who's lonely and wouldn't mind a visit. The coworker who just had a baby and would love dinner brought to her. Just about anyone you meet has a need. Your job is to figure out what it is and fulfill it. It's kind of like a game.
So for me, what am I going to do about how I feel? Sigh. I'm not sure yet. I haven't even showered, much less left the house. Maybe the best I can do is to help my own little family. Sometimes that's all you can do. Help those immediately around you. I played with my boys. I'm in the process of cleaning the house and hopefully will take a shower so I can look halfway decent for my husband when he comes home tonight. Those things can bring peace and can uplift. I need some huge doses of that. Oh and maybe I'll make a phone call to the lady who didn't come to church because she was sick. And then there's that other lady who I promised I would come visit. But if I don't get to those, I will tomorrow. But today, I'm starting small. And that's the best I can do.
