H as in HOLLOW (A-Z Challenge)

Have you ever come up to something — a meeting, or family event, or social issue — and suddenly feel hollow, empty, nothing to say, finding it hard to do anything? 

In my daily walk with major depression, I come up hollow from time to time. It is the kind of hollowness that just cannot be moved by a deadline. It's a blankness of mind that simply will not respond to normal stimulation. It is an emptiness that stands in the way of prayer and meditation.

Through this I am still "Bearing up," more or less. Tomorrow will, I think, be different. But today will be a slow and sleepy day — rest, reading, and tea. 

I feel like I came out of hibernation too early, and I feel a bit "Bear brained" — the feeling that I should still be hibernating, even when I'm not. It's like being awake at night when you should be sound asleep, and would like to be sound asleep. Only it's much worse than that. 

I hope you are not having a hollow day, today. If you are, I feel some of your pain, and hope you can soon find your way through the wasteland.

When you have hollow days, what do you do to keep yourself going?

H is also for holy, hospital, heat, healing, and Haida.

Blessings and Bear hugs, folks.