Moods...

Today is real a challenging day for me. Was really moody. With my colleague haunting me trying to apologized for losing my cheque book and all the mistakes he did, I almost lose it by yelling at him. But I managed to resist dumping my moods full force on him and people around me. Well, at least I didn't let it last. Most of us don't think of ourselves as being moody and yet almost all of us, unless we are completely out of touch with ourselves, do have moods. For me, really bad ones. But with God's grace & my sheer determination, all seemed to have simmered down quite a bit (I hope)

It's not that moods are wrong. They just simply are. They are as much a part of us as anything else. We certainly don't have to get rid of them, though we do need to learn how to live with them and control them well and maybe even learn how to recognized what they are meant to teach us.

As we learn to recognize our moods, we can get friendly and in control with them. They are just moods after all and who don't have any. Sometimes, for seemingly no good reason, we just start feeling grinchy and a little mean (think I am guilty of it). We need to honor and respect these times. A bad mood may be the opening into an important awareness that is ready to come up for our learning. It could be our authentic self trying to make sense of changes and growth we are going through. Of course, it helps alot more if our loved ones are there to understand and be patient with us. Nonetheless, we shouldn't be complacent and take everyone for granted. We won't know when is the last straw for the matter.

Most of all, we need to refrain from dumping our moods on those we love. They'll only be hurt and we'll end up feeling real bad for what we did and about ourselves. Once we learn to see our moods and honor them (not deny them), we are able to warn others of thunderclouds on the horizon and clearly  let them know that the mood has nothing to do or concern them. We can assure them that whatever it is, it is something bubbling up that we have the opportunity to learn from. By honoring and respecting our moods in this way, we can bring balance to our situation. This doesn't seem so much an undaunting task. I am still learning and guess it's not so far it's been progressing.

DaRkAnGeL's WoRdS oF WiSdOm :

"To my understanding, spirituality, as the ancients reiterated repeatedly, involves a continual falling down and getting back up again."