Is there a connection between the weather and our emotions? Well, I suppose if you ever really thought about it, you would say that yes, there most certainly is. Calm peaceful days with gentle sunshine would seem to symbolize contentment. Drizzling rain would point to sorrow. Torrential rain seems connected to deep grief and turmoil. Roaring thunder seems to symbolize anger and fury. Then there is an actual illness known as Seasonal Affective Disorder(SAD). This illness, as far as I remember reading a long time ago, is a type of depression associated with living for prolonged periods in a dull climate, where the sunshine is seldom seen. Well, who would disagree? I remember meeting an Indian woman in Dublin in 1990, who was the wife of the then Indian Ambassador to Ireland . Although she seems to have found Dublin quite congenial in terms of facilities and people, she was badly affected by the seemingly never-ending dull weather. Having come from India , which has a l
An Irishwoman living an East/West Life