Goodbye Gray Cloud

No one else can feel it for you

Only you can let it in

No one else, no one else

Can speak the words on your lips

Drench yourself in words unspoken

Live your life with arms wide open

Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten

~Natasha Bedingfield

Unwritten

For some reason, this song spoke to me today as I was driving home from work.  I've been in a funk the past few days.  It happens to all of us, when a gray cloud forms above our heads and follows us from one moment to the next, bringing us down and making us feel as though we're walking through a thick fog.  You start counting the cards dealt against you - bad weather, lack of sleep, no energy, a cold virus making its home in your nasal passages...and that gray cloud grows and multiplies and consumes you.  But eventually, the cloud breaks apart and you can finally, finally see the sun again.  Of course it helps when the sun is actually shining outside, as it is here in Indy today...a beautiful, vibrant fall sunshine in a cloud-free ocean of a sky, bouncing its rays off of orange and yellow leaves.  And as I listened to Unwritten on the radio, the gray cloud that had been following me around for days began to break apart as if in fast forward.  By the time I arrived home, the cloud was gone and I had a plan in mind to make the day even better.  

This:

And this:

Some of this:

A lot of this:

I'm glad I heard Unwritten today.  Sometimes we all need one simple thing - a hug, a chat on the phone with a good friend, an ice cold beer, or a song - to help that pesky gray cloud disappear.

Goodbye gray cloud.  I know I'll see you again, but I hope it's not for a long while.  The sun is strong when you're looking at the bright side!