I own all my thoughts, feelings, and actions, including blogging every day.
Most of today’s images show things I do not own.
I don’t currently own a lot of chocolate but I expect to own more by the end of National Chocolate Day.
Here’s “You Don’t Own Me.”
One thing I do own is my gratitude for all who visit this blog, including YOU.
What’s new is
Those National Days are new to me.
Here’s “What’s New” sung by Ella Fitzgerald…
… and “What’s New” by Megan Thee Stallion:
What’s new with you?
Thanks to all who help me write a new post every day, including YOU.
In my Coping and Healing groups (which bring me joy), people have been talking about being overwhelmed by the news, fears about the future, loss, medical issues, grief, uncertainties, tasks, unknowns, obligations, other people, and possessions. Regarding the latter, several people have brought up Marie Kondo and her advice to keep only the things that bring you joy.
During these anxious and depressing times, it can be very difficult to focus on the things that bring us joy, but I’m doing my best to bring it, every moment.
Do any of my images today bring you joy?
No matter how I’m feeling, Joan definitely brings me joy (among other things).
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “what brings you joy.”
I am grateful for all those that bring me joy, including YOU!
Yesterday, as I was balancing my needs with other people’s needs while working at home, I asked this question on Twitter:
The answers were balanced, and many people cited the Oxygen Mask Metaphor: you can’t effectively take care of other people’s needs if you ignore your own.
I continue to learn more about this balancing act for myself, as I witness other people struggling to balance their needs with others’.
What balancing needs do you see in my other images for today?
It’s might be challenging balancing the needs of fajita day with ice cream pie day, etc.
Here and now, I need to share a favorite tune from this CD I picked up on one of my balanced and needed walks yesterday:
How do you balance your needs with other people’s needs? You don’t need to reply, but I look forward to all the comments that will be balancing below.
As always, I need to express my gratitude to all who give me what I need to stay balanced blogging every day, including YOU.
Let’s talk about today’s title, which is inspired by this …
… and this:
Let’s talk about my other images for today.
Let’s talk about my trip to Nashville. I hope to
Here’s some talk about the best things to do in Nashville:
Please talk to me about Nashville (or anything else) in a comment, below.
As always, I talk about gratitude when I end each of these daily blog posts.
It might seem fearless or even foolish of me to tell you to be fearless during these extremely fearful times, but I’m just passing on the advice of last night’s Yogi tea.
Let’s be fearless together and look at my other images for the day, all provided at the right time.
Here’s “How to be Fearless” by Smarter by the Day:
According to that video, we can become fearless by continually asking ourselves this question: Will this action improve the well-being of myself and those around me?
Considering that, I press the publish button with fearless gratitude.
I received this mission message yesterday on a bag of salty but relatively healthy snacks:
I didn’t read about their mission because I thought I was doing enough for their mission by buying and consuming their product. Also, I’m on vacation this week, so my mission is to relax, focus on self-care, and re-energize for my work as a group therapist during these difficult times.
So many people are asking me to join their mission these days, that I have to choose my missions wisely. For example, when I chose a birthday fundraiser on Facebook this year, I wasn’t sure which mission to join. There were so many worthy missions I considered, from racial justice, to environmental activism, to animal protection, and so on. I eventually joined the same mission I joined for my birthday fundraiser last year, Everytown for Gun Safety.
Join us on our mission to
Reply requested, and please listen to “Mission Impossible” while you consider choosing to accept the mission of joining us in the comments section, below.
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Join us on our mission to express gratitude and love, every day!
Despite my dealing with many urgent situations over the last two thousand, six hundred and seventy days (but who’s urgently counting?), I’ve never published a blog post with the title “Urgent” before.
Well, there’s no time like the present and these can seem like urgent times, although “urgent” is not an adjective I’ve heard about these times we’re living through together. I HAVE heard people describe these times as
Yesterday, during these challenging, uncertain, difficult, strange, etc. times, we brought our cat Oscar back to the Urgent Care Veterinary Center for a blood pressure test and to get medication. His situation didn’t seem urgent enough for an ultrasound of his digestive tract yesterday. However, if he ever throws up dried blood again, we’ll urgently schedule that test as soon as possible.
Anything urgent in my pictures from yesterday?
People in my Coping and Healing group yesterday talked about many topics — urgent and otherwise — including the anniversary tribute to Prince , which I had missed. So, after our trip to the Veterinary Urgent Care Center, Michael, Oscar, and I watched “Let’s Go Crazy: Grammy Prince Tribute” On Demand last night, including this performance posted on YouTube by BoDerekSmith:
Here’s an urgent performance of “Baby I’m A Star” by the original, one-and-only Prince.
What feels urgent to me, during times like these, is finding and sharing moments of joy with others.
It’s not urgent that you express your thoughts and feelings about this “Urgent” post in a comment; however, it’s definitely appreciated. Urgent and emergent thanks to all who help me create these blog posts, including YOU!
One thousand, two hundred, and twenty-seven days ago, when it was a different world, I published another blog post with today’s title. Now, more than ever, what the world needs now is love, sweet love.
Yesterday, people participating in the world of my online Coping and Healing groups shared that they enjoyed watching this video of Berklee students — alone but together — performing “What the World Needs Now.”
I really need that video and I need to share my new photos with the world, here and now:
Yesterday, I needed that delicious chicken dish, I needed Michael, I needed a walk outside, I needed the cats, and I needed to figure out how to make my new whiteboard work for my online groups.
What the world needs now is
The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally 