20 September 2021 — RAINING IN MY HEART — DEPRESSION

Today is a very wet day where I am and despite my best intentions I can feel myself starting to feel depressed. Like everyone else I have been enjoying the Indian Summer and today is a day I had been looking forward to going on a daytrip to celebrate a friend’s birthday.

BUT JUST BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS BAD OUTSIDE DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN IT MUST BE ‘RAINING IN MY HEART’. I have no other reason to be feeling depressed and much to feel thankful for.

My psychological state is MY OWN CHOICE.

CHANGE YOUR PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE AND YOUR WORLD WILL CHANGE. (Sri Sathya Sai Baba)

Living in Great Britain as I do, I marvel sometimes why people grumble about the rain as one would think that it is a fact of life with which everyone is used to dealing.

Perhaps the problem is that I have gotten used to the Indian Summer and am resisting change.

And, I am very aware that I have always claimed to like the rain and in the past there has often been joy in my heart when it has been raining.

One only has to watch children splashing about in puddles to experience the joy of the rain. Their psychological state is not depression because it is raining, but acceptance and joy (until perhaps they get told off by their parents for getting wetter than they needed to.) And it is certainly NOT raining in their hearts simply because it is raining outside.

LOVE LOVE LOVE is the answer to ALL THINGS, love and accept what life brings you — everything changes.

PONDER POINTS: how I felt on reading the above is ….. the ways in which I could relate to what I read are ….. the ways in which I find it difficult to relate to what I read are ….