Without warning I sometimes find myself in an emotionally deep hole -- from feeling joyous and grateful to feeling like an abject piece of shit. When in that hole the energy I emit is dark, impatient and cranky and ensures I keep attracting circumstances that will elicit more of the same. Sometimes it lasts an hour, sometimes a day and before I named it and looked it in the eye, it had free reign to rule my life.
By naming it and looking it in the eye your are objectifying it, you are distancing yourself from it. To name it and own it, to see it as if it defined you the individual, is a critical mistake. The reality is that this darkness, depression, moodiness, sadness, melancholy, your primal brain, ego, whatever you wan to call it, is not you -- it is not who you are. When you’re deep in this hole it’s hard to make this distinction.
It’s a scary place to be, this hole, it feels as though you’ll never feel joy again. But the key is this, YOU WILL.
Sometimes it’s helpful to read inspirational texts: “In reality, we are divinity in disguise, and the gods and goddesses in embryo that are contained within us seek to be fully materialized.” The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra
Sometimes it helps to get on your bike and take a ride among trees, in the sunshine, or rain, anywhere in nature.
And sometimes, the only thing that will help is to wait it out. So go ahead, this is your permission that for today, stay in your jammies, tear into that full sized bar of chocolate, turn on the TV and snuggle into the blankets. Yes, sometimes, drastic times, call for drastic measures.
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