Instead of saying “I’m in a bad mood,” consider saying, “I have some emotions I’m working through.”
We are never just one emotion; never just one mood at any given point in time.
We are all of the moods all of the time.
It just so happens that, like the dancing tide that rises and falls as the moon closes in and retreats from the earth, so too do our various moods rise and fall as various life events (past, present, and future) close in and retreat from our conscious and unconscious mind.
Sometimes it’s obvious why we’re experiencing “bad mood” emotions.
…And sometimes it definitely isn’t.
The key is in not identifying with any one particular emotion so as not to allow it to drown out all of the other emotions.
When we say “I am…” we are referencing all of ourselves. When we say “I have some emotions I’m working through…” we are referencing part of ourselves. And we’re giving space for the other parts (emotions) to rise and fall on their own accord—while simultaneously not flooding the “bad mood” emotions throughout the entirety of our body.
When we give all of our emotions the space they need to rise and fall without clasping or repulsing… we, like the tide to the earth, allow our bodies to breathe: to rise and to fall; to take in and to let out; to welcome and to bid farewell to… the entirety of what makes us human.
P.s. In case you missed it, you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week, here.