Day 3621: Making the world a better place

Yesterday, people I respect told me I was making the world a better place with my attend-when-you choose Coping and Healing therapy groups. They thought offering those groups to many more people and preserving my “legacy” (their word!) by writing an article about them would be making the world a better place.

Let’s see what the Daily Bitch Calendar has to say about making the world a better place.

It DOES sound exhausting, but I shall do my best at making the world a better place, one step at a time.

I hope the sharing images like these is making the world a better place.

Here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “making the world a better place.”

Thanks to all who are making the world a better place, including YOU.

Day 3620: Comfortable

I’m comfortable writing these blog posts, after almost 10 years of doing them daily.

Practice may not make perfect (because who or what is perfect?), but practice does make me more comfortable.

I’m comfortable looking for quotes for any blogging topic, like these:

I am not comfortable with home repair decisions because I make so few of them, but a plumber is coming in less than an hour to help make our upstairs shower a comfortable space.

Do you see anything comfortable in my other images for today?

The Daily Bitch is comfortable sharing her opinion about being conformance.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “comfortable.”

Thanks to all who help me feel comfortable here, including YOU!

Day 3619: Mind changes

I’ve been going through mind changes about several things lately, including:

• home remodeling details,
• a support group I’m trying to get started for the doctors where I work,
• balancing my needs with other people’s needs,
• social media,
• prioritizing contentment over happiness,
• food choices,
• exercise,
• masking, and
• travel.

I have NOT been going through mind changes about my core values, which include authentic connection with others during the precious time we have together on this earth.

Do you see mind changes in my images for today?

Originally I was going to call this blog post “The Little Things,” but I had a mind change about that.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “mind changes.”

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Thanks to all who experience mind changes, including YOU!

Day 3618: Happy Mix

Yesterday, I was happy to see that Spotify had created a happy mix for me.

Even though I’m reading a book that helpfully promotes being content over being happy …

… I still like to mix it up with happy mixes, so here’s today’s happy mix of images

I’m happy that after a mix of less-than-ideal INR readings for months, my anti-coagulant levels are back in the sweet spot!

Here’s a tune from my Happy Mix that made me happy yesterday:

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Every happy mix includes gratitude as a main ingredient, so thanks to all who help me mix these daily blogs, including YOU!

Day 3617: Listening

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!

Day 3616: What we choose to share

In group therapy, I sometimes ask how people decide what they choose to share. Naturally, people share more when things feel safe, comfortable, and familiar.

Here’s what I choose to share with you today:

The Daily Bitch chooses to share whatever the hell she wants.

Here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “what we choose to share.”

I look forward to reading what you choose to share in the comments section, below.

Every day I choose to share gratitude, so thanks to you!

Day 3615: Gratitude

I express gratitude in every blog post, but today gratitude is front and center.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “gratitude.”

I have gratitude for so much, including YOU.

Day 3614: Silly

If somebody called you “silly,” would you take it as a compliment or an insult?

Is that a silly question? I’ve heard somebody say that there are no silly questions, only silly answers.

Here’s an online definition of “silly.”

What nincompoop wrote that completely negative definition of “silly?” Let’s check some silly quotes for a wider perspective.

Maybe it’s silly to share a quote today about Spring, but maybe that’s not a bad thing.

I’m sure I have more silly images to share with you.

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Here’s “How Silly Can You Get?” from one of my favorite silly movies, Top Secret!

How silly can you get?

Thanks to all who visited today’s silly post, including YOU!

Day 3613: Relish

I relish having another day to

• blog,
• work,
• connect,
• learn,
• love, and
• just be.

Here’s a definition of “relish” (for those who relish such things).

Here and now, I relish being alive and well 59 years after my unexpected heart surgery on the same day that President John F. Kennedy was killed. I definitely do not relish what happened on that day, but I’ve learned to relish many, many precious moments since.

Do you see relish in my images for today?

Today, on National Cranberry Relish Day, I shall do my best to relish every moment. I also relish the progress I’ve made over my 10 years of blogging (click here for the post I wrote on November 22, 2013).

Here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “relish.”

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I relish all who make my life better, including YOU!

Day 3612: Weirdos

How many weirdos can you find in today’s post?

This weirdo loves stuffing and red mittens; gingerbread cookies not so much.

Here’s “Biutyful” by the Weirdos.

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