Black moods often follow when you have slept badly. Not all the time for peoples’ constitutions differ. There is nothing like a solid good night sleep to restore your mood and dispel depression due to fatigue. Your emotions sometimes are deceivers. You can’t always rely on them to be accurate. If you are eating correctly (yes, a poor diet heavy on sugar can exacerbate depression) and sleeping well and you are often depressed, there is another reason you are depressed and you have to look at that. In any case, realize a bad night sleep can darken your moods and all it takes is a good night sleep to brighten your day. Depression can be solely physiological due to a bad night sleep. Sleep is restorative. When you sleep, your body purges itself of poisons.
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Often your worst fears don’t materialize. And sometimes you have to be aware you are more vulnerable when you are fatigued and feeling overwhelmed. You have to be kinder to yourself. And realize your feelings at these moments can be a deceiver. There is nothing like a solid night sleep to evaporate your worst fears that can run rampant in these moments.
You just have to be aware when your feelings are a more reliable indicator how you truly are doing. And feelings do come and go and there are many shades of them very seldom do they run to the extremes–from despair to great joy and often you are somewhere in between and that is okay.
The mountain peaks only come once in awhile so enjoy the simple pleasures that come along and treat yourself not too harshly when you err. We all do. And forgive those who do also. You do not expect yourself to be perfect so extend that same privilege to those around you. Your life will run smoother. Be happy with what you’ve got. You only get one time around.
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Everything you say (or leave out) reveals something about yourself. If you constantly use superlatives to describe every experience, my ears perk up.
The adjectives you use, also, reveal something about you. Your tone of voice exposes how you really feel about something. If your affect is flat, it could reflect depression (or something else).
I do not claim to read every person but I am intuitive (and feel my way) with every person I meet. Even if you are not, if you pay attention to the person who is talking to you, he/she can not “hide” from you.
Sometimes the things left unsaid expose you. Every person, every word uttered reveals some kind of attitude. Sure, some people are better at hiding their emotions. Even that says something.
All you have to do is pay attention to the person talking. Their body language can be revealing. Everything they say, do reveals something vital about them. There really is no place to hide.
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There is no such thing as secular music. Every piece of music reflects something. The musicians performing the piece of music reflected in their performance exactly how they were feeling, the reverence they had towards the music (or in some cases the irreverence). Every emotion they were experiencing would come through in any superb piece of music. It does not take long for a listener to realize the piece was mediocre. Then you should discard that piece and no longer listen to that piece of music.
A good piece of music has power: it can bring you up or even down. And the best sometimes can do both. You must be aware of the impact of the music you listen to and play it at appropriate times.
It is true there is no such thing as secular music. Nevertheless, the piece can edify you or subvert you and you must be aware of what you are listening to and its power. Subliminal messages can be conveyed. Music can drive you up or bring you down. You must be careful.
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