Day 3766: Taking a chance

I’m taking a chance that there will be some good quotes about taking a chance out there.

Next week I’ll be taking a chance and going on a river cruise in Europe for the first time. I don’t want to take a chance with my health so I’ll be packing my INR monitoring device and additional medicine in case my INR goes too low. I don’t want to take a chance of having another Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) like I did when I was traveling in September.

I also don’t want to take a chance with our cat Joan’s eye problem which is not getting better, so I’m going to call the vet today.

Am I taking a chance with any of my other images for today?

Looks like the Daily Bitch is taking a chance with pizza.

I hope you’ll be taking a chance to hear this great song about taking a chance on love.

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Thanks to all who are taking a chance, including YOU!

Day 3511: What’s new

What’s new is

• this day,
• unprecedented happenings all around the globe,
• New Jersey, New Zealand, the New York Times, etc. and
• these images appearing in this blog:

Those National Days are new to me.

Here’s “What’s New” sung by Ella Fitzgerald…

… by Linda Ronstadt …

… 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.

Day 3086: betrayed, bewildered

Lest you feel betrayed, bewildered by today’s title, I shall start this post by sharing two tweets I sent last night:

Nobody guessed the answer to my pop quiz but several people felt betrayed, bewildered by the reappearance of a salad bar in Whole Foods at this point in the pandemic.

Here’s who said “betrayed, bewildered” in a 1996 film:

Yesterday, my non-betraying and non-bewildering life-long friend Barbara and I kept using the phrase “betrayed, bewildered” while we were discussing many bewildering interactions we’d had with other people in which we felt betrayed. The reality is that many interpersonal interactions are bewildering and seeing them as a betrayal doesn’t help — when we do that we are personalizing the situation. People are going to be themselves no matter what you do and it doesn’t help to expect “you” from them.

What did help Barbara and me yesterday was to realize we were not alone in feeling betrayed, bewildered and to laugh together about all those interactions that had us temporarily feeling bewildered and betrayed before reaching a level of acceptance and peace.

I hope you don’t feel betrayed, bewildered by my run-on sentences or any of my other images for today.

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Here’s “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” sung by the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald.

I won’t feel betrayed, bewildered by any comment you might leave about this “betrayed, bewildered” post.

Neither betrayed nor bewildered, just grateful for you.

Day 2809: Percentages of life

I have spent significant percentages of my life

• writing,
• reading,
• talking,
• listening,
• asking questions,
• answering questions,
• crawling,
• walking,
• learning new things,
• making mistakes,
• crying,
• laughing,
• making others laugh,
• being afraid,
• being brave,
• singing,
• playing musical instruments,
• playing games,
• watching TV,
• watching movies,
• wearing watches,
• being in school,
• being in the hospital,
• being on the phone,
• cooking,
• eating,
• making messes,
• cleaning up,
• staying home,
• going out,
• traveling,
• working,
• running groups,
• participating in groups,
• worrying,
• hoping,
• thinking about the past,
• thinking about the future,
• living in the present moment,
• living with cats,
• living with humans,
• missing my late father (whose birthday is today),
• mourning ,
• celebrating,
• taking care of others,
• taking care of myself, and
• taking pictures.

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I’ve also spent a significant percentage of my life day-dreaming.

Here’s “Percentage of Life” — a short student film by Dragos Pascu about social media addiction:

According to ranker.com, a notable percentage of the best songs about life were written by Beatles. Here’s #1:

Here‘s #39 — “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall,” performed by The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald:

My father and I agreed about Ella Fitzgerald, 100%.

Consider spending a percentage of this beautiful day leaving a comment, below.

I’ve spent a major percentage of life experiencing and expressing gratitude, so thanks to all those who have helped me spend about 12% of my life creating these daily blogs, including YOU!

Day 2528: I’m sick of _______

I’m sick of

• politics,

• trying to figure out my ring size,

• misspellings on signs,

• the high price of parking, and
• driving to work in the snow.

I’m NOT sick of

• people who are funny,

• helpful labels,

• cats,

• self-care,

•  Michael’s cooking,

• great music,

• your comments, and
• gratitude.

Day 2293: All ________

I’m going to ask all my readers, how would you fill in the blank “All _______”?

Some, but not all, of my photos from yesterday have the word “all” in them. Are you all in to see all of my photos from yesterday?

Notice that two my stress relievers, above, included “accepting all feelings” and “you have all the time you need.”  All-so, the words “ballpark” and “baseball” have the word “all” in them.

Here are just two of the songs that have the word “all” in them, and you can find all two on YouTube here and here.

That’s all from me for today, except for gratitude to all who helped me create today’s post and — of course! — to all of you.

Day 2230: Who do you miss?

Who do you miss in your life, here and now?

Sometimes, I am more aware of who I am missing than I am of who’s here. Then, I redirect my awareness and attention to those who are showing up.

That helps.

Who do you miss in my recent photos?

 

I miss the person who is singing “Miss Otis Regrets.”

 

Would you miss me if I didn’t express my thanks, for being here,  at the end of each blog post?

 

Day 2156: Three of my favorite words?

Post title inspiration?

Greeting card front:

Three-word phrases:

 

Have a favorite?

I love walking.  Three little photos:

 

Three Little Words:

I love Ella.

Your favorite words? Probably not these:

Click on links.  People hate “moist.”

Two more photos!

Day 2076: So you think you can … ?

So you think you can read another one of my posts today?

So I think I can …

• write another daily post this morning,
• facilitate another therapy group today,
• sing another original song at an Open Mic this evening, and
• see the dancers from So You Think You Can Dance on tour in October.

So if we think we can, we usually can!

So you think you can understand my three photos from yesterday?

So you think you can watch this performance from this year’s So You Think You Can Dance, featuring my favorite singer?

So you think you can believe there is someone to watch over us?

So you think you can comment on today’s post?

So you think you can accept my gratitude to you (and to everyone who helped me create today’s post)?

Day 1558: April

April is

• tax month in the USA, which I always find quite taxing,
• “the cruelest month” according to T.S. Eliot, even though he wasn’t a citizen of the USA,
• the birth-month of my late mother, my friend Jeanette, my niece/travel agent Laura, and Jackie Chan,
• the name of a pregnant giraffe about to give birth (here on live feed),
• a time for lots of showers (to bring May flowers),
• Passover and Easter 2017, and
• the month I took these six pictures:

April is also the month I’m sharing some songs about April (here, here, here,  here,  here, and here on YouTube):

 

What is April to you?

April thanks to all who helped me create this post and to you — of course! — for being here, most likely in April.