The rains that continue in Northern California are having a direct impact on people's emotions, especially emotions like the blues, boredom, irritability and even depression.
Yesterday I was at a gathering of people. I asked one friend, “how are you doing with this weather? They responded “I am feeling a depressed by how long this rain has been going on and it really is starting to affect my moods.” Their response sounded totally reasonable to me, especially because I have had basement flooding in the last week. I felt sympathetic.
Then I asked another friend “How are you doing with this weather?” Their response was “I am so grateful that I have such excellent buckets. The buckets are catching the rain inside of my house so that it is not getting as wet.” At first I was startled. Then I replied “you know, I am so happy I have such excellent box cutters. They have allowed me to quickly cut up and remove all the soggy carpets from my basement”. Then we looked at each other and both started laughing.
Just for today, the world is as I choose to see it. Sometimes crazy optimism is simply the best option – especially when dealing with something as uncontrollable as weather.