After the unbalanced election results in the USA, many of us are trying to regain our balance.
Personally, I’m trying to balance self care with caring for others, connections to the world with internal calm, not giving a f*ck with staying committed, acceptance with resistance, and hope with realism.
Yesterday, at work, I saw this sign about balance.
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Do you see balance in my other images for today?
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On Have a Bad Day Day, I’m going to try to balance having a bad day with having a good day.
It’s hard to say how well “Hard to Say” is going to do on YouTube.
Do you see anything that’s hard to say in my images for today?
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On European Antibiotic Awareness Day, it’s hard to say how much Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Donald Trump’s pick for USA Secretary of Health and Human Services — would jeopardize our health.
It’s not hard to say how much I’m grateful for everybody who lets me have my say, including YOU!
Because I spent so much time in the hospital when I was a kid during the unenlightened times when parents were not allowed to stay with their children, I have some abandonment issues.
When terrible people take too much control of our lives and there seems to be no rescue in sight, many of us have abandonment issues.
Because so many people are abandoning Twitter/X (with good reason!), I posted there yesterday about abandonment issues.
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I deal with my abandonment issues by connecting with kind people, letting go of anxiety, reminding myself that I AM valued by others, creating and appreciating art, adopting abandoned cats, living my best life, and helping others with their abandonment issues through my work as a group therapist.
Do you see abandonment issues in my other images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “abandonment issues” on YouTube:
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Thanks to all who help me deal with any abandonment issues, including YOU.
Are you familiar with the phrase “are we having fun yet?” It originated with the cartoon Zippy, was featured in the TV show Party Down, and here’s an online explanation:
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I think “are we having fun yet?” applies to our current situation that “might need a little levity to get through.”
Are we having fun yet as we look at my images for today?
Yesterday I wrote about space spaces; today it’s sanctuaries. I’m sticking with this topic because so many of us need sanctuaries since last week’s elections.
Here’s a definition of “sanctuary”:
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Boston is a sanctuary city for immigrants.
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Boston’s new cat cafe, which my husband Michael and I visited yesterday, is called “A Sanctuary Cafe.”
What sanctuaries do you see in my images for today?
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Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “sanctuaries.”
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Thanks to all who provide sanctuaries for others, including YOU.
In my Coping and Healing groups, members sometimes express gratitude for safe spaces where they have room to express themselves authentically and to realize they are not alone.
I think we are all looking for safe spaces. Do you see safe spaces in my images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “safe spaces” on YouTube.
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Later today, my husband Michael (who helps create safe spaces for me) will be going to a new space that’s safe for cats and humans — A Sanctuary Cafe in Boston.
I hope the comments section, below, is a safe place for you to express thoughts and feelings about this Safe Spaces post.
Thanks to all who help create safe spaces for others, including YOU.
Many people I know are considering where to go next after last week’s elections in the USA.
Should we go to a different place, externally and/or internally? Should we stay or should we go?
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Where to go next? Should we go to different social media sites and/or even different countries?
Where to go next? Should we go to acceptance and/or activism? Isolation and/or engagement? Our happy place and/or our complicated place? Blue skies or gray skies? Bluesky or Twitter/X? Inner peace and/or inner conflict?
Where to go next, here and now, are my images for today.
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Where to go next, for me, includes the funeral service for a long time group member and then an online Coping and Healing group.
Thanks to all who help me figure out where to go next, including YOU.
