Peace to you, dear readers, on this precious day. Let’s start this Peace piece with a definition and some quotes.
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Can you find peace in any of my images for today?
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Here’s “Peace Piece” by Bill Evans.
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Peace and thanks to everyone, including YOU.
This morning, I’m obsessing about re-packing my stuff and leaving Disney World to meet my old friend Deb at the Jacksonville Airport to start phase 2 of my September vacation adventure on some islands off the coast of Georgia. Usually, I might be obsessing about the content and clarity of that first sentence, but I’ve got to keep moving before the rental car pick-up time of 8:15, so let’s see if today’s Daily Bitch calendar has anything to say about obsessing.
Here is what I’m obsessing about in the moment:
Whenever I’m obsessing, I write the thoughts down to get them out of my head so that I can move ahead with a clear mind, like now.
Do you see obsessing in any of my other images for today?
Happy National Swap Ideas Day as perhaps we’ll swap ideas about obsessing, below.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “obsessing.”
Thanks to all who help me stop obsessing every day, including YOU!
I’ve had many aha moments in my life, including:
Aha! I just found this definition of “aha moments”:
Do you see any aha moments in my images for today?
Today is my late father’s birthday and I’m very grateful I shared so many aha moments with him before he died.
Several people on Twitter mentioned this song in response to my question about aha moments:
Thanks to all who help me blog daily about my aha moments, including YOU.
I will never get over how great it is being back at Disney World, where I saw this yesterday:
I said to my niece Laura that I didn’t expect to see “I will never get over this” — which I immediately associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder — at the “Happiest Place on Earth.” However, I realized that it’s very possible to never get over wonderful experiences, too.
Apparently, I will never get over catastrophizing (imagining the worst case scenario), especially when I’m stressed. Yesterday morning, when the Lyft driver showed up earlier than I expected to take me to the airport, I rushed out the door and then worried that our cat Joan might have gotten out and been attacked by the coyote that was on the street. During the drive to the airport, I tried to talk myself out of that very far fetched possibility.
I will never get over how the mind can make up unlikely scenarios even when there is little evidence or data to support them.
I tried to get over this by texting my husband Michael at home.
I will never get over this: I wish my wonderful late parents had been able to meet my hilarious and adorable husband Michael.
Here are the rest of my images for today’s “I Will Never Get Over This” blog post.
I will never get over how many National Days there are & I will never get over how it’s also World Ampersand Day.
Here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “I will never get over this.”
I will never get over my gratitude for all those who help me create this daily blog, including YOU!
Two night ago, when I had trouble sleeping, I wrote lyrics to a new song, “No Worry, No Hurry.”
No worry, no hurry as I share these lyrics with you before taking off for the airport this morning.
No worry, no hurry,
Don’t care what they think.
Those fears you should bury,
That shame you can shrink.
You don’t need to scurry
And do everything.
No worry, no hurry,
Just smile, breathe, and blink.
If you close your eyes
You might see what I see:
A landscape that offers
Sweet tranquility.
Awareness, acceptance,
Just waiting for me.
No worry, no hurry,
The chance to be free.
No worry, no hurry,
No need to be scared.
No need to apologize
For things that you’ve dared.
You don’t need perfection
For protection, my friend.
No worry, no hurry,
There’s peace without end.
©️ Ann Koplow, 2022
No worry, no hurry about checking out my images for today.
No worry, no hurry and no snow, no rain on National Neither Snow Nor Rain Day.
No worry, no hurry about finding something relevant on YouTube before my Lyft driver shows up to take me to the airport.
Thanks to all who help me have no worry, no hurry, including YOU!
On National Another Look Unlimited Day, I’ll take another look at
I love how the Daily Bitch takes another look at everything, including National Another Look Unlimited Day.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “another look.”
Now I’m going to take another look at this 1990s photo of Gary Burton, my old business partner Jonathan, and me:
I’ll take another look at the comments section later in the day.
Here’s another look at the gratitude I have for all who visit this blog, including YOU.
Happy National Be Late For Something Day, everybody!
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I usually feel bad about being late — stressing too much out about being on time (if not early) — so I definitely need to celebrate National Be Late For Something Day. I’ll do that today by being late posting the National Days on Twitter (which I try to do every day at 9 AM, Eastern Time). And I’ll try not to worry about being on time for anything else today.
Right before I started today’s blog, I scheduled my Lyft ride to get to Logan Airport two hours before my flight to Florida on Wednesday, which is NOT National Be Late for Something Day.
Do any of my images capture the spirit of National Be Late For Something Day?
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I’m going to be late celebrating National Cheese Pizza Day.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “National Be Late For Something Day.”
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How are you going to celebrate National Be Late For Something Day? Feel free to be late commenting on this blog.
Thanks to everyone who has ever been late for something, including YOU.
Yesterday, as I was trying to figure out what’s going on in the world, I saw this at a local college:
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Let’s see what’s going on in my other images for today.
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In case you forgot the title of today’s post, here’s “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye.
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What’s going on here, now, is gratitude for all of you.
Yesterday, as I was trying to balance my needs with other people’s needs, I
On balance, it was a terrific day.
Do you see balance in my images for today?
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Leave it to today’s Daily Bitch to have the last word on balance.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “balance.”
I also find this:
Balanced thanks to all who help me keep my balance every day, including YOU!
Considering that today is my last work day before my two-week vacation, I’m definitely feeling better than expected. Usually I’m more nervous about getting everything done before I take time off.
Last night on Twitter, I asked a question about things working out better than expected.
Joan’s harness and leash are working out better than expected, because the harness is so easy to put on and and it’s allowing her to safely explore the great outdoors. I can’t read her mind, but I’m assuming Joan’s life is now better than expected.
Are my other images for today better than expected?
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I doubt I’ll be able to be a lazy mom today, but I hope work will turn out better than expected.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “better than expected.”
Better-than-expected thanks to all who help me feel better every day, including YOU!
