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I have been enjoying the blahs lately. They are not uncommon for me, but I am always surprised when I get them. They start after a period of everything being just too good. I wake up one morning, and I do not feel quite right. I do not feel like I am getting sick, I feel instead as if I had a little to much to drink, or maybe too little sleep. Everything feels just a little off.

It sort of reminds me of having the Blues. Many Blues singers, and people who love the Blues enjoy their lives better when they are in that Blue state of being. When I was younger, I could stand listening to the Blues for three or four songs, and then I would find myself starting to get depressed. Now that I have more life experience I know the difference between Blues and depression. Blues are much more fun, and like the Blues Singers, and die hard Blues fans, I find having a little Blues in my life makes it more fun.

Speaking of depression, it seems to have been an accepted state of being for centuries, up until this century. I don’t know what happened that made feeling depressed all that terrible, but now days if we are feeling blah for more than a few days, we wonder what is wrong with us. I personally do not think there is anything wrong with us most of the time. I know I quietly languish in feeling blah until it goes away. I think it is a nice change from being happy all the time. I have this nice comfortable feeling of the world pulling away from me, or me from the world for a week or two, and then I want to join the world again.

There is a Blues song that I had heard about the time I thought I had heard all variations. This one was different though, if I remember correctly it is titled, “Good Woman Blues”. Now, I wondered how someone could actually write a Blues song about a good woman, but when I heard it, I understood. The jist of the song was that here is the singer, some no good, low down, footloose party guy who was feeling guilty because his wife was so good. It really made me appreciate how much the Blues are a part of some peoples lives.

As for my case of the Blahs, I don’t think they rate quite as high as Blues. I get lazy and spoil myself with them in a time of self absorbed self indulgence where it is all about me. Of course eventually it gets old as I mentioned and I move back into a different state of mind.

As I was saying earlier, though, depression, blahs, or whatever we choose to call them were more accepted as a normal part of life, and no one thought they were some sort of defect. As a matter of fact, many people made their back yards,  gardens, or spare rooms a place where they could go and be alone from the world for a time until they felt better. I do not know if you have ever seen a movie of someone sitting in a window looking out at nothing in particular? That is supposed to represent a room designed for family members to go when they were feeling depressed.

As someone who swings into and out of these moods occasionally, let me suggest that if they happen to you, you can enjoy them? It is a great time as I mentioned to be selfish and self centered. Most of the time when I feel this way, people do not want to be around me very long anyway, so it gives me more time to indulge myself in feeling sorry for myself.

Of course the blahs will leave soon, as nothing lasts too long even if we want it too. Perhaps by this evening or tomorrow, or the weekend I will feel what is my normal state when I am not feeling blah, whatever state that is. Then life will be fine again, and each bird song and child’s laugh will remind me just how good life is!

As a matter of fact, right now I feel the Blah’s leaving and the Blues starting. Life will be normal in no time!

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