I am on the not-so-sunny Sunshine Coast today…
…sitting in front of the glowing-orange fireplace and looking out over a brooding sea. The tide is fairly high as it grabs and rushes at the shore. Above it, the dark clouds are sulking indigo over Vancouver Island.
But between our house and that big mass of darkness is a punched out hole of innocence completely framed by puffy incandescent angel clouds.
The poufy clouds are being very Pollyanna-ish about the whole November thing; absolutely refusing to get sucked down into the darkness. I love those little clouds and their refusal to get caught up in the ‘reality’ of the dark.
Perhaps I’m a tad defensive about those clouds? Maybe it’s because on occasion, I have been accused of being ‘too optimistic’ and ‘Pollyanna-ish’ myself. And I get that. I know I can be annoying with my enthusiasm.
But let me assure you that this version of me is way more fun than the one that curls up fetal position on the floor. Been there. Done that.
I do NOT recommend that plan and have no intention of going back there. And if some people feel a bit peevish because they’re stuck with someone who is a tad uber-enthusiastic, well…no wait, I was going to apologize. Except. I’m not sorry at all.
Life is more fun for me this way. That much I know. (Just to clarify; I am NOT identifying with the angelic part of this whole white cloud comparison).
My latest secret to life? As soon as I am aware that I am conscious in the morning, the very second I realize I’m awake…I say Good Morning to moi. Sometimes out loud, sometimes in my head, and sometimes when I first look in the mirror. I give myself a big smile, how do you do and laugh at how stupid it is that I’m doing exactly that, and BAM! I’m started on a pretty stellar day from there on in.
How on earth can I take myself seriously after that?
Pollyanna? That’s okay. I prefer being that fluffy white cloud than that big old sad blue one.
Go puffy or go home.
I totally get that! I has also been suggested to me that I
may be a tad too happy at times!! I just feel that we all have
choices on how to create our day, and mostly it is attitude.
I always look at the clouds daily to see them shifting and changing
forms, just like us!
Laurie…it’s funny you should talk about the clouds like that too. And yes, I see my feelings come in like a change in the weather, and I tell myself I just need to wait, and that too, will pass 🙂
I think we’re a lot more like the natural world than we often realize.
I loved that little movie called Happiness, where the main character just chose to see everything as good all the time…in spite of what looked like the “reality” of her situation.
You’re so right about our attitude. It informs everything.