I am smiling, here and now, because (1) I’m giving a concert of my original songs today in front of people I love and (2) I actually got some good sleep last night!
It will make me smile if my photos load easily into this blog post.
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My friends, the lists of “holidays,” and The Daily Bitch Calendar have all been making me smile for many years.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “what has been making you smile?”
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Thanks to all who have been making me smile, including YOU!
Last night, I received a message about great courage.
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It does take great courage to put yourself out there throughout successes and failures, risking judgment, discouragement, and rejection. It also takes great courage to celebrate yourself and others.
I see great courage everywhere. Do you?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “great courage” on YouTube.
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I hope we have the great courage, strength, and wisdom to speak out and take action for freedom, justice, and future generations. The time for great courage is now.
Thanks to all who give me great courage every day, including YOU.
Yesterday, when people were putting themselves out there in a group therapy session, I put this out there on a white board in the group room:
What happens when you put yourself out there? What out there gets in the way of your putting yourself out there more?
Tonight, I’ll be putting myself out there at an Open Mic, as I debut my latest original song, “What are other people thinking about you?” I’ll be putting a keyboard out there on the stage and putting, myself, out another blog post tomorrow with a recording of that performance.
Empathy involves putting ourselves out there into other people’s shoes. What happens when I put these photos out there?
I’m putting myself out there to share that in yesterday’s therapy group, we talked about shoulds and transforming unhelpful shoulds like “I should exercise more” into “I could exercise more and I choose to do other things to sustain myself until I feel ready to exercise.”
