The Dark Clouds in Your Mind Are Your Best Friend
Listen to them and you’ll be wiser
When I’m feeling a bit under the weather (emotionally speaking), I liken my mental state to a sky that’s packed with clouds.
Not just any clouds, though — these are the moodiest, most brooding clouds you’ve ever seen. It’s like my brain decided to host a goth concert. Original concept, huh?
My family has this uncanny ability to gauge the thickness of my cerebral cloud cover based on my chattiness level. The quieter I am, the more likely it is that a storm’s a-brewin’.
Nietzsche: The Emo Rockstar of Philosophy
So, there I was, diving into Nietzsche’s “Thus Spoke Zarathustra,” when I stumbled upon my cloud analogy.
Only, Nietzsche had already rocked that metaphor with way more flair. It was as if my mind exploded into a fireworks display of tiny existential crises.
All this time, I thought my mental storm clouds were a bad omen.
But Nietzsche? He spins it like this:
“My wisdom has long gathered like a cloud.
It is becoming stiller and darker.”
