serotonin uplift

It seems that with all the problems that happen as they do…mining disasters, economic mayhem, strange weather, getting older and achier sometimes life just isn’t too much fun. As well throw in an empty nest with the chicks not so near and one who flew all the way downunder and hola! I find myself too often under a cloud of if not dark feelings then just feeling blah!It seems that when I reflect back in the day…tough times and problems didn’t seem to sink in and dig in when there were little kidlets around. There might have been a gulf war going on, economic inflation and runaway interest rates of 20%, hostages in Iran, a leaking Valdez polluting the pristine coast…but there were hugs and laughter and accomplishments to celebrate!Is this lack-of-kiditis why the collective of bodies are living a life less fulfilled with less purpose and dang it all less fun? Is this why we are cocooning ourselves not wanting to venture out in the world and interacting…because we don’t have any immature ones to put all the crap in perspective or at least give us a diversion from it so we can recharge our batteries?Is this lack of younguns the reason why Pfizer, SmithKline, Eli Lilly and others are rolling in the dough from all the kazillions they are making on all their cornucopia of happy pills…and I gotta ask are they the same companies that make birth control because if they are there seems to be some kind of corporate conspiracy if you ask me.The last couple of weeks I have been going through all those so handy rubbermaid totes filled to the brim with hundreds of out of focus or important body parts cut off or just plain crappy shots of kids…now I have to wonder why in the name of Buddha did I not only keep those crappy pictures but pack and move them and store them how many times?And being a pack rat I not only kept all the crappy photos but a whole lot of kids school work, art work, newspaper clippings, a stinky old cast, castings of teeth…and teeth…kept in my jewelry box!As I was going through all this crap… as someone who shall remain nameless calls it… the dark clouds dispersed and the headache and the body aches went away also! A lot brought back memories but some brought enlightenment!so my prescription for feeling at peace with the world…get some kids into your life!If you can’t have any of your own go out and volunteer or borrow some from your neighbours like you would borrow some milk!