The Moody Blues

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.–Lech Walesa

We are all different as human beings but at times we can be different ourselves at different times depending on the mood we are in!  Our mood can affect how we perceive things and what opinion we might have about a movie, a meal, a conversation or the even the political situation.  From one day to the next you can feel a certain way about life in general, go to bed and wake up the next day and have a totally different outlook on life!  There are circumstances and even whether that can affect how we react to things as well, so it can sometimes be hard to say what we truly feel about certain things without giving it a little time to sink in and consider it more thoroughly, even our feelings for another person.

There have been times that I have watched what to some was a “funny movie” and I was not really in the mood when I turned the DVR on to watch the same movie perhaps a few days later.  To my son it was totally hilarious, to me by the time I watched it, in the mood I was in, it was utter foolishness and not funny at all.  Then time would go by, and I stumble upon the same movie and am in a less serious mood and this time around it had me rolling on the floor.

Now that we are entering into the winter months, and in the area where we live it is known for the fog that sets in for says on end.  It is cold, damp and what I consider miserable and I get flash backs of the time I lived with a house without the proper heating and I almost immediately have a sense of hopelessness and despair!  Others might feel the cool air and they are immediately reminded about the fun they had on a skiing trip in Colorado and they are immediately inspired!  We are all susceptible to mood swings and to being affected by our surroundings, it is not just women who are subject to mood swings.

The problem is, when we are dealing with life changing situations like the one we are all now facing with the multitude of problems that we are faced with, if we lack that sense of hopefulness, and allow ourselves to be affected by our current mood, it could cause us to make some big mistakes!  In order to make progress, it is all important to take charge of your feelings and emotions and have the ability to see things as they really are, not from the perspective of our current mood.

The current economical turmoil and political instability in many parts of the world could cause many people a sense of despair!  This is when it is important to have faith, faith in seeing something that is not there, at least not yet!  At times the reality is not that pretty, but if you are able to see things through the eyes of faith, what they could become, then you can have the confidence that it will all work out in the end!  The stock market either thrives on faith, or drops on the lack thereof.  It is really a matter of whether or note investors have confidence in its future or if they have a doubt, that is what makes it fluctuate!  Even the economy has its “mood swings”!

Is it hard for you to control your mood?  When you are in a “good mood” doesn’t everything, even your “problems” take on a different dimension?