High Moods. Low Moods.

Moods are part of the human condition. When you're in a high mood, life looks good.  You have perspective and common sense.   In high moods, things don't feel so hard, problems seem less formidable and easier to solve.   In a high mood, relationships flow easily and communication is easy and graceful. 
 
In low moods, life looks unbearably serious and hard. You have little perspective; it seems as if people are out to get you. Life seems to be all about you and your feelings. You take things personally and often misinterpret the people around you.
 
Rather than staying stuck in a low mood, convinced you are seeing life realistically, you can learn to question your judgment when you're in this state. When you are in a low mood, learn to pass it off as simply that: an unavoidable human condition that will pass with time, if you leave it alone and avoid giving it too much attention.

With an understanding of moods, we can learn to be appreciative of our highs and graceful in our lows. When we understand the power that our moods have on our perspective, we will no longer need to react to them or be victims of them. Things will eventually appear to us very differently if we just let them be, for now.
 
~ Richard Carlson