Toward the end of October, the blue sky suddenly turns a dark forbidding gray. The relentless rain washes my mind into a dark hole. Sadness settles in, and all I want to do is hibernate. And that’s OK…for awhile…until the gray fogginess in my brain makes it hard to keep my life together. Until the bills become due and there’s no way to pay them.
Over the years, I’ve learned a few ways to beat back the dark. Friends help. Stepping out of myself to do a good turn for someone else helps. Most of all, creating a bit of beauty helps. My favorite surviving the dark images are bright yellow or orange flowers or butterflies with a blue or dark blue/gray background. The image can be primitive or stylized—even abstract.
I hang the image on the wall, and it lifts my spirits all winter long!
What are your favorite ways of beating back the dark?
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