Positive Frame of Mind?

Sometimes, I find it very challenging to stay connected to a positive frame of mind.

Perhaps it is because it feels like there is so much in the world that is going wrong these days and that feels like is falling apart that finding a light in all the gloom becomes more challenging by the day.

Then again, it's possible I'm just feeling the tail end of "winter blues" because the dark season is trying to end and here in the north the days in winter tend to be short and dark, and we rarely see much sunlight. I don't think that's entirely it, though.

I was thinking about this particular topic this morning, because I was thinking about the impression that what I post on my blog increasingly feels like a dirge of things that are not going the way I was hoping they would.

Pretty negative!

I have an inner voice — or maybe it's an inner critic — that whispers in my ear that "nobody wants to hear about all those negative things in your life." While that may be true, I cast about for something positive to talk about and I struggle to find it.

When I look around me, I can only ascertain that I'm not the only one who's feeling this way, these days. If the world is not beset by wars, death and suffering in alarming ways, people are individually struggling to get from point A to point B. I have far more friends who are dealling with issues like terminal cancer and homelessness than I have friends who are celebrating promotions at work or newborns in their life.

Some part of me is pretty convinced that it wasn't always like this. At the same time, I'm also highly aware of the fact that life does move in cycles, and sometimes we have periods of light and sometimes we have periods of darkness. And that applies both to ourselves as individuals, as well as to the moods of the world, as a whole.

My brain is a strange place sometimes! As I wrote that last paragraph I found myself wondering what the planet's astrological sign is, and what today's horoscope for planet Earth might look like... nonsensical, of course, but still something worth musing on.

I'm not exactly depressed, though. I mean, not depressed in that way of just wanting to pull the covers back over my head in the morning and not get out of bed at all.

I get up, I do my daily things that need to be done, and while I feel a bit gray around the edges there aren't a lot of things that don't get done because I feel too bad to do them. But there's also not a great deal of enthusiasm there.

I used to really look forward to blogging on a daily basis, but even that doesn't hold as much allure as it used to. Hence the fact that I'm no longer posting every day, but maybe just two or three times a week, only.

If the world does, indeed, move in cycles I wish I knew when the current down cycle was going to flatten out and start turning the other way!

As much as possible, I have been avoiding the news online because it always seems to be screaming about the latest catastrophe. I have also decided that I'm going to go back to reading paper books for a while... I have quite the stack of them that are on my "read this someday" list!

Thanks for stopping by my blog, and have a great remainder of your week! I hope I can assume a more positive tone soon...

How about YOU? Do you find that the state of the world affects your mood? Or are you more focused on your own situation, only? Leave a comment if you feel so inclined — share your experiences — be part of the conversation!

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Created at 2026.03.16 17:44 PST
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