melancholy

I woke up one morning with a heavy feeling of melancholy. (a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no 

obvious cause)  I was about to start my day, like any other day,  yet the feeling lingered.  I decided to shift

things.  I was going to sit with the feeling and ask "what am I to be learning"?  During my morning

meditation I wept.  Typically I  would try to stop the tears but this time I didn't.   I grabbed kleenex 

instead.  I continued to sit with the feeling while my inquiring mind was being rather active.  "What am

I to be learning?"  

I was prompted to take out my

drawing pad and I drew what I 

believed being melancholy 

looked like.  I'd like to say the 

feeling dissipated during the 

drawing time but it  didn't.  

What did I learn?  Nothing 

new.  I'm sure we all know this.    

On this day, I learned it in a 

new way.  Being melancholy 

(blue) isn't a bad thing.  It is 

simply a feeling. One thing for 

certain about being a human 

is we come with a boat load of 

feelings.  I believe that all of 

them serve a purpose at some 

time.  The real bonus is we 

have the power to choose 

which feeling(s) to hold onto 

and which one(s) to let go 

of.

Time has past since that 

melancholic day and I am

pleased to announce that I 

have returned to my optimistic, 

creative, cheerful, encouraging

supportive, productive, self.    

And I am grateful for all that I 

am learning.