Friday, January 21, 2011

Photo-finish Friday: Courage


Anybody get seasonal affective disorder? Mine sets in about now and will last until May. Energy levels going through the floor. Easily overtaken by a feeling of gloom and doom.

Meanwhile, relationships founder. The immune system goes down. Life is elsewhere.

I have devices for dealing with it. Coffee, always a mood lifter, is a welcome companion. Old routines give the day a sense of purpose and order. Escape can be found in books.

If I get a little “distant” here, don’t worry. I’ll be back. Eventually.

The photo is from one side of a tall column on the campus where I work. Looks like it has stood there forever. Passing by, one takes heart.


11 comments:

  1. Know the feeling, feel like the day should be over as fast as possible, so I can sleep again! I always feel as though I should hibernate!!!

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  2. I'm glad I don't have this problem. I know plenty people who do, though.

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  3. Like the photo... I thought it "never rains in California" :) Here, where we have days and days of clouds, lots of people are affected by the season--I try to fighting it by getting out in the cold. Good luck.

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  4. My treatment of choice is naps. long naps.

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  5. Take heart, Courage is still standing!

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  6. I wish you all the comforts that may ease your melancholia. I think I know how that is. Courage is truly the anodyne, and I am glad that monument stands where it does. Someone long gone carved the message for you and others. You have given great gifts to the world.

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  7. I thought it was just me here with the snow. I am counting the days until warm and green--right now everything is cold and white. But books and writing do pass the time. By the way, great photo.

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  8. I like all seasons, but the wind has been trying around here lately. Winter depression has been linked to a vitamin D deficiency.

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  9. Thanks everybody for the kind words and the en(courage)ment.

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  10. We have our private remedies. I watch Casablanca, a film that lifts me up and floods me with a sense that life is worth the struggle.

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  11. Everyday.. I try and spend some time sitting in the sun enjoying some quiet time with a tall glass of tea. I also enjoy looking at fresh flowers sitting on the dinning room table. That always puts a smile on my face..:)

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