“I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.”
~ Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
Well, my bad mood is gone, although the forecast is calling for gray skies today, as a tropical wave quickly moves on through.
Where my bad mood went, it’s hard to say. Taking a morning nap with the cat helped. I worked on a project that I’ve been putting off – (why ruin a good mood with yucky work?) -But just getting started on it, I feel a sense of relief. I’ll have it behind me soon. I made a Moroccan Stew for dinner which filled my home with a wonderful, exotic scent: Cinnamon, take me away! Cinnamon is often used in aromatherapy as a physical and emotional stimulant. Researchers have found that it reduces drowsiness, irritability, and the pain and number of headaches. Instead of browsing Facebook after work, I started a new novel and left the TV off all day. Each one of these little things helped in a big way.
No matter how gloomy things may seem, just like my photo today, there is always a light beyond the darkness! Sometimes the gloom helps us to see how beautiful life really is ….
Calvin & Hobbes always had a great outlook on life. Here’s a few more words of wisdom by their creator. Enjoy!!
THE WISDOM OF CALVIN & HOBBES
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“Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.”
“It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.” (I’m going to pin this to my whiteboard!)
“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
“There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.”
“Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak? Probably so we can think twice.”
“If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.”
“The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.”
“We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.”
“I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”
“Mothers are the necessity of invention.”
“Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.”
“We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.”
“If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.”
“Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God?
Calvin: Well, SOMEBODY’S out to get me.”
