Last night, I asked some human beings about the best things about human beings. One of the best things about human beings is how they answer questions.
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Do you see the best things about human beings in my other images for today?
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One of the best things about human beings is they put things on YouTube about the best things about human beings.
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Thanks to all who help me focus on the best things about human beings, including YOU!
It’s the International Day of Friendship, my friends!
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On this International Day of Friendship, I hope this blog post promotes togetherness and kindness, bringing people together.
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I don’t think The Daily Bitch got the memo about the International Day of Friendship.
Here’s what I find when I search for “International Day of Friendship” on YouTube:
And here’s Bette Midler, who appeared in yesterday’s blog post, singing a great song for this International Day of Friendship:
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Thanks to all my friends, including YOU!
As these days continue to have unprecedented developments, where do we go from here?
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Here’s what’s been playing in my head as I’ve been writing this where-do-we-go-from-here post?
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Thanks to all who help me know where we go from here, including YOU
Yesterday, on the National Day of Listening, I asked a question about listening on Twitter.
There are many things besides Joan I love listening to; can you see any of them in my images for today?
Listening to the Daily Bitch calendar, I’m thinking that for many years I WAS the youngest, baddest bitch in cardiology clinics; these days, not so much.
I love listening to the Daily Bitch calendar, the ocean, animals, the sounds of change, jokes, good advice, and — especially! — people I love, like my friend Jeanette, who was visiting yesterday from D.C.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “listening.”
I feel better after listening to that.
Thanks to all who are listening, including YOU!
There are certain things that are difficult for me to take in, for whatever reason.
I’m working on being more open to perceiving them, and allowing them in.
I could write about many things, in this regard, but i’m going to focus on one.
The love that’s out there.
I have trouble “reading” it, sometimes. I’m afraid of it. Afraid of needing it. Afraid I’ll see it when it isn’t there, and then be disappointed and bereft. Afraid of losing it, once I see it and believe it.
Sometimes, when I’m feeling good, I see love everywhere. In everything.
I see it when I take a detour, walking to work:
In the bunny in the backyard:
In the faces of people “on my team“:
In people I’ve just met:
In people I’ve known, for a long, long time:
I see it in messages people leave for others:
And in messages I leave to myself:
What makes all that love so difficult to take in?
Disappointment. Anger. Pain.
That’s been my experience.
At the same time, in my work, I try to make it very, very clear that I invite — that I whole-heartedly welcome — those very things: people’s disappointment, anger, and pain.
I think that’s essential, for healing. To believe that those things are finally welcomed by somebody. To feel those things. And to clear the way, leaving room for everything that’s out there.
Including those things that are so hard to see, sometimes.
I guess this post is done, for today. Thanks for reading, everybody.