Even in the sunniest of lives there are those times when storm clouds gather and hide the sun for at least a little while. Sometimes those clouds bring nothing but quick sun showers. Sometimes they bring a long stretch of gloomy days. Then, too, there are those times when the skies are gray, but the rain never really falls.
Whether it's a bad day or a bad year, we usually find that when gray skies settle in we don't always find the time to stop and smell the roses, take enough time to laugh, or indulge in listening to a little music.
With threatening skies, however, often comes higher winds; so even with all our frazzled, overwhelming, stress-filled, days that don't afford us the luxury of roses and music, just outside our windows the music of the wind chimes grows. It isn't the music of great composers. In fact, wind chimes play a simple tune with few notes and little change. The faithful and constant tinkling of wind chimes is not music to which we dance. Still, the gentle music of the tossing wind chimes reminds us that some music only comes when skies are gray. More importantly, the wind chimes dance and play their music faithfully, whether or not we have the time to listen.
The thoughts/ideas written here are aimed at those times when days are frazzled, life is filled with stress (major stress or minor stress), and even an otherwise sunny life seems gloomy. It's also aimed at trying to offer helpful ideas for dealing with those storm clouds (large or small).
What's here is a collection of material about coping with, dealing with, and managing the various "sky-darkeners" of life.
A final message: When the skies darken and the winds pick up, don't forget to listen to the sounds from just outside your window, because that's where the faithful, constant, wind chimes dance and sing.
