I can’t wait for Election Day tomorrow and I can’t wait to share these images with you.
,
When I search YouTube for “I can’ wait,” o find this …
.
… and this:
.
They say that good things come to those who wait. I guess I’ll have to wait a little bit longer for the USA to do a good thing and elect its first woman President.
I can’t wait to thank all those who help me wait, including YOU!
Even when you feel like you are alone, you are definitely not alone.
You are definitely not alone as you look at my latest images.
I’m so glad that my son is not alone in Scotland.
Whether you are or aren’t familiar with the Nichols and May beer commercials, you are definitely not alone.
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.
It’s My Least Favorite Time of the Year
(to the tune of “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”)
It’s my least favorite time of the year.
in the month of November put a dent in my cheer.
It’s my least favorite time of the year.
It’s those dark, time-changey days of the fall
When my sleep is disrupted,
Politicians corrupted can make my skin crawl.
It’s my least favorite time of them all.
People’s moods will be changing
There’s the stress of arranging
Parties that need lots of work.
There’ll be cooking and baking
And the need to be faking
A smile when encountering a jerk.
It’s my least favorite time of the year.
I know I’ll get through it
I’ve been able to do it without drinking beer,
Through my least favorite time of the year.
© Ann Koplow, 2019
Thanks to all who help me go new places with hope every day I’m given, including YOU!
Yesterday’s blog post, amidst various types of talk, included this:
While I wouldn’t go so far as to fake my own death, I definitely avoid small talk whenever I can. Personally, I prefer talk about medium and big topics.
Today, I don’t have time for too much talk of any size on this blog, because I need to rush off to the second of two retreats this weekend where I get to talk with and about other group therapists, who loom very big in my mind.
Also, I have big feelings about even small time changes, so I’m doing my best to adjust to gaining an hour while also losing Daylight Savings Time. No matter how much I talk about this, these time changes don’t seem to change. (Although I believe that U.S. Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has talked about getting rid of these disruptive time changes.)
Here‘s a “Small Talk” song from YouTube:
I look forward to small, medium, or big comments about this post.
Big thanks to all who helped me create today’s small post, including YOU!
Do I have your attention?
During the first year of this blog, I published two posts about attention (here and here). If you give those early posts attention, you might notice how my blog has changed. These days, I give more attention to photos, like this.
I also give attention to
Personally, I have trouble paying attention the day after a time change. How is your attention, these days?
Thanks to all who helped me give the necessary attention to today’s blog and — of course! — to YOU, for your attention.
While I’ve written posts with “change” in the title before (here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), I’ve never created a post simply called “Change.”
Today, that’s going to change.
It’s appropriate that change is happening today, because:
Here are more quotes about change:
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
– George Bernard ShawWhen we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
– Victor FranklChange before you have to.
– Jack WelchNever believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.
– Margaret MeadThe first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
– Nathaniel BrandenSometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.
– Keri RussellJust when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.
– Hugh PratherThings don’t have to change the world to be important.
– Steve JobsI hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that.
– Gillian Anderson
For a change, Michael and I were talking about Gillian Anderson and The X-Files last night. We couldn’t change each other’s mind about which X-Files episode was the creepiest.
It’s time to change the mood of this post with some music. Michael loves David Bowie and I love Stephen Stills, so here are changes from both of them:
Thanks to all who helped me create this post about change and to you — of course! — for the change you bring, today.
At this time of the year, when the days get dark earlier, I think a lot about dark and light.
Here are some quotes about dark and light:
Light can only be understood with the wisdom of darkness.”
― Ka Chinery, Perceptions from the Photon Frequency“For every item that carries the darkness of humanity there’s one that holds the light. And that light is worth believing in. Not just in others, but in yourself as well.”
― C.M. Rayne, The Forbidden Land of AndaraThe Value of Sun shine is just because of the existence of Darkness
-“Samar Sudha”
― Samar Sudha“Harmony will prevail. After darkness, there will be light. The light cannot come without the darkness. Better days are bound to come now.”
― Sook Nyul Choi, Year of Impossible Goodbyes“It’s not what you have on the outside that glitters in light, it’s what you have on the inside that shines in the dark.”
― Anthony Liccione“I have learned things in the dark that I could never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is really only one logical conclusion. I need darkness as much as I need light.”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, Learning to Walk in the Dark“When darkness falls, beauty is lit from within.”
― Johnathan Jena“The light in your soul is far greater than the darkness. Shine your light.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita“You know how to dance in sunlight when everything is going fine, but you have to learn to dance in darkness when the sun is gone and nothing is going well.”
― Therese May
As I’m typing this post in the dark, the light of my laptop shows many more quotes about dark and light.
Here are some lights and darks I saw yesterday:
What darks and lights are you seeing, now?
Here’s a song about the light:
Here’s a song about the dark:
I’m not afraid of dark chocolate, but I did ask for milk chocolate, yesterday, as a reward for my presentation about my therapy groups at work.
Thanks to Robert Cray, to Todd Rundgren, to Barbara McQueen (my esteemed fellow group therapist who brought me the milk chocolate), to people who bring light and dark into therapy, and to all those who hold both dark and light, including you!