今日はnewsletterから｜お天気と気分は似た者同士

3-2-1: Judging potential, negotiating, and balancing life

“I've found that it's of some help to think of one's moods and feelings about the world as being similar to weather.

Here are some obvious things about the weather: It’s real. You can't change it by wishing it away. If it's dark and rainy it really is dark and rainy and you can't alter it. It might be dark and rainy for two weeks in a row.

But. It will be sunny one day.

In the same way that one has to accept the weather, so one has to accept how one feels about life sometimes. “Today's a crap day,” is a perfectly realistic approach. It's all about finding a kind of mental umbrella. “Hey-ho, it's raining inside: it isn’t my fault and there's nothing I can do about it, but sit it out. But the sun may well come out tomorrow and when it does, I shall take full advantage.”

Actor Stephen Fry on getting through the bad days: Source: ​It Will Be Sunny One Day​ (edited lightly for clarity)

「人の気分とお天気って似た者同士だなって気づいたんだ。

お天気ってどう頑張っても変えられないよね。暗い雨の日は暗い雨の日として受け入れるしかない。そんな雨の日が2週間続くかもしれない。

でもね、いつか晴れの日がやってくるよ。

お天気を受け入れるしかないのと同じように、その時の気分を受け入れてあげるしかない時もあると思う。『今日マジついてない』ってのもホントのことだから。そんな時は架空の傘をひらいてあげよう。『わぁ今日の自分、ドシャ降りだわ。何をしでかしたわけじゃないし、どうしようもないよな。ま、傘さしてやり過ごそう。明日になって雨が上がったらその時は思いっきり楽しんでやるぞ』ってね。」