In last night’s therapy group, somebody was having a good day and somebody was having a bad day. I suggested we all think about and share the differences between a good day and a bad day, which included:
- perspective,
- mood,
- hope,
- helplessness,
- action,
- rest,
- shame,
- awareness,
- self-judgment,
- faith,
- doubt,
- gratitude,
- expectations,
- assumptions,
- self-care,
- isolating,
- connecting,
- the weather,
- the news,
- worry,
- patience,
- anxiety,
- nature,
- guilt,
- technology,
- other people,
- acceptance, and
- being in the moment.
What’s the difference between a good day and bad day for you?
I am now trying to share yesterday’s photos in this post, but it’s no good. Does that make today a good day or a bad day? I am choosing to see it as a good day, especially because I’m seeing Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor tonight at Boston’s Fenway Park.
Because my son and I are leaving for Edinburgh, Scotland, a week from tomorrow to share several good days together, I shall try to resolve these photo-loading issues a good day before then.
Here are Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor sharing a Goode song with thousands of people:
Good thanks to all who helped me create today’s good-enough post and — of course! — to YOU.
Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor make it a more that good day Ann!
I would add to your answers …. wearing comfortable shoes and underwear 😎
Those are very good additions, Val! <3
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It’s a good day whenever I get a reblog! Thank you.
How I feel each day depends partly on the weather. I need to detach from this, as the weather here in Wales is mostly rubbish!
The weather here today is mostly rubbish, Annabelle. A visit from you makes it a good day for me!
Raitt and Taylor…sigh. A good day, anywhere !
A good comment, as usual!
The threat of nuclear war.
That certainly makes it a bad day, Maureen.
It’s a good day when I visit you, Ann.
Safe journey with your son.
It’s a good day when we visit each other, Ruth. <3
Frank O’Hara would write a poem a day during his lunch breaks which I always think must have made every day a good day for him, and for some reason musing on good days makes me think of this poem of his:
Lana Turner has collapsed!
I was trotting along and suddenly
it started raining and snowing
and you said it was hailing
but hailing hits you on the head
hard so it was really snowing and
raining and I was in such a hurry
to meet you but the traffic
was acting exactly like the sky
and suddenly I see a headline
LANA TURNER HAS COLLAPSED!
there is no snow in Hollywood
there is no rain in California
I have been to lots of parties
and acted perfectly disgraceful
but I never actually collapsed
oh Lana Turner we love you get up
A visit from you and/or a poem by Frank O’Hara makes it a good day, Chris. Both together make it a great day.
I’m headed home after a month away on a work trip and I got to read your blog. So it’s definitely a good day for me. Enjoy the show and save a little space in your suitcase to pack me in when you go to Scotland. (OK, maybe more than a little space.)
Packing light makes it a good day and so did this comment!
On the plus side: good sleep the night before; visiting your blog; reading your lists; perusing your crazy beautiful photos!
On the minus side: not going to Scotland any day this year 🙁
Happy travels with your son! 🙂
Elouise
You always make a good day better, Elouise.
Simple enough: I drop nothing at the first of the day when my body is stiff and sore. Of course, my hands are stiff and sore, so I tend to drop things more!
It’s a good day when I see you here!
What I say, what I shouldn’t have said, what I do, what I shouldn’t have done, what I wish I’d said and what I’d wish I’d done. Makes a difference. Gives me a good start for tomorrow too.
Thanks for giving me a good start for this day.
🙂
The difference between a good day and a bad day, is simply, when my underlying loneliness, either does, or does not, overcome my veneer of happiness.
Thanks for this simply eloquent comment.
My perspective lies in your first – perception
Thanks, Derrick, for another good, perceptive comment.
it’s feeling like
a better day
already, thanks 🙂