It’s odd how we don’t have common-sense gun laws in the USA.
It’s odd how I can still get nervous about facilitating therapy groups after all these years.
We had an odd thought in a therapy group yesterday — if we are afraid of disappointing others, doesn’t that mean that we must have done something awesome in the past to raise their expectations?
It’s odd how calm I am about doing my taxes this year, because I’ve always had tax-o-phobia.
It’s odd how my work pager makes me jump every time it goes off.
I have an odd number of images to share today.
It would be odd if I didn’t acknowledge that today is the first day of spring, my favorite season!
The more you take the risk of sharing, the more you realize that you are definitely not alone. Therefore, consider sharing your thoughts and feelings in a comment, below.
You are definitely not alone if you are feeling gratitude, here and now.
I don’t know about you, but annoying, obnoxious, miserable, angry, and unsafe people take up too much space in my brain.
My brain tells me that it needs to focus on these people, because they are threats to our well being.
I am telling my brain that we also need to focus on more pleasant, restful, and helpful things, in order to take care of ourselves and to conserve our energy.
I hope my latest images don’t take up too much space in your brain.
Here’s what I find when I search you tube for “Who is taking up too much space in your brain?”
Please make space in your brain for that important message: we can’t control thoughts and feelings, but we can control our actions.
Who will be taking up space in the comments section, below?
Thanks to all who have helped me take up blog space for almost 3000 days in a row, including YOU.
Today’s blog post is inspired by the Daily Bitch, who helps me get through this difficult time.
During this difficult time, I will post my latest images.
During this difficult time, I’ve been facilitating five remote Coping and Healing groups each week and I’ll be adding a sixth one next Friday. In yesterday’s Coping and Healing group, I asked people who were experiencing this difficult time to use their sense of touch for a mindfulness exercise, focusing on something soft and comforting. I chose Harley’s favorite cat toy, pictured above.
I also suggested that people get through this difficult time by being especially kind to themselves.
Music helps me get through this difficult time. When I search YouTube for “Pat Metheny this difficult time,” I find this:
During this difficult time, it helps to believe that there are “Better Days Ahead.”
What are your thoughts and feelings about this difficult time?
During this difficult time, I am especially grateful for people like YOU.
For some unknown reason, I’m having this difficult time uploading and publishing this difficult time post. During this difficult time, I’ll just keep trying, while being especially kind to myself.
In a therapy hour yesterday, I suggested that somebody spend an hour a day taking care of a task they’d been avoiding — cleaning up and organizing their home. This person had tried breaking down the overwhelming job in other ways, and those hadn’t worked.
I like to take my own advice, so I am going to spend an hour a day taking care of tasks I avoid like
doing my taxes,
filling out other forms,
contacting bureaucracies,
calling people I don’t know,
risking failure or rejection,
talking to unpleasant people,
organizing closets, and
throwing away things I don’t need.
As usual, spending an hour a day blogging is helping me face the day ahead.
I spend at least an hour a day walking, taking photos, and tweeting.
