Zapped of all energy. Negative emotions. Things breaking, physically and inside you. Frustrated. Impatient. Angry and small.
No, those aren’t the lyrics to my favorite emo song from the mid-2000s. Those are real feelings, real feelings that, unfortunately, some mornings start with. For me, and probably for you too.
They’re feelings that aren’t really productive (unless you’re in an emo band), and when the weather is cloudy, stormy and cold like it is here today on the Great Plains, it can be hard to find what you need to reverse them.
What does it for you?
Is it reading and escaping to another world for a period of time? Is it getting your favorite morning beverage down the hatch, with a boost of new energy? Is it talking to someone, or prayer/meditation?
We all have go-to’s, and some days they work better than others, but when they do work, there’s no feeling quite like it. It’s a small internal victory to start your day. It’s beating back the uncontrollable chaos around you and telling it to try again another day, bringing back some sense of control, or at least some sense of feeling empowered.
Because in the end, I think that’s something we’re all after - A little bit of feeling empowered and the ability to conquer the day at hand.
-Cliff
Cliff’s Note: Seek empowerment, and when you can’t find it, there’s always emo music to empathize with.