25 March 2014

Holly Golightly...

protagonist of Breakfast at Tiffany's, has the most evocative way of differentiating between two kinds of feelings that sometimes threaten us...

1. The mean reds - 'Mean reds are horrible. You're afraid and you sweat like hell, but you don't know what you're afraid of. Except something bad is going to happen, only you don't know what it is.'

and

2. The blues - 'The blues are because you're getting fat or maybe it's been raining too long.'

We often use 'blues' but there are times when we all experience the 'mean reds'....

Next time, let's say it out loud.....I have a feeling we'll know exactly what to do to get over them....at the very least, saying we have the mean reds or the blues out loud, will help us come face to face with them and then they won't be so scary any more...