Progressing to work at the hospital yesterday, I saw this sign:
I will pardon your appearance if you pardon mine, because we are all works in progress.
Do you see work in progress in my other images for the day?
Our bathroom renovation has been a work in progress for 18 months, but I haven’t lost my temper. I’m looking forward to progress today with several workers showing up.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “work in progress.”
Thanks to all who support this work-in-progress blog, including YOU.
Last week, when I was looking for good news online about the USA midterm election, I made up the word “hope-scrolling.”
Hope-scrolling is the opposite of doomscrolling, which is defined here.
Therefore, hope-scrolling is spending screen time devoted to the absorption of positive news, which could result in helpful — or at least harmless — psychological responses.
The problem with hope-scrolling is encountering bad news along the way because (in case you haven’t noticed) most of the news online is bad.
As this daily blog approaches its 10-year anniversary, my hope is to keep it a place where it’s easy to do hope-scrolling, like (I hope) today.
On America Recycles Day and National Philanthropy Day, let’s see what I find when I search for “hope-scrolling” on YouTube.
Looks like I’m not the first to think about hope-scrolling!
Messages from the universe can appear anywhere, including a hospital gift shop.
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Messages from the universe can also appear on Twitter.
Do you see any messages from the universe in my other images for today?
Maybe you should hydrate more. It’s a brand new day. There is art everywhere. There’s more than one way to commute to work. I should really visit the Kennedy Library one of these days. There are dangers and protections everywhere. What the hell is happening to the United States? Is it strong enough to endure? And, it sure is windy around here.Maybe I should stop captioning these images and let you see your own messages from the universe.
Messages from the universe are encouraging me to visit a beach, be aware of my grief for those I loved and lost, and remember all those delicious toasted marshmallows.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “messages from the universe.”
I’m pretty sure I’ve written other blog posts about decisions, decisions because making decisions can be difficult for me.
Some people have decided that decisions, decisions can be especially challenging for people who are Perceivers (rather than the Judgers) on a Myers-Briggs scale.
One of my decisions about decisions is that there often isn’t one right or wrong decision. All-or-nothing thinking puts too much pressure on decisions, decisions.
At the same time, a series of bad, thoughtless decisions, decisions can have global consequences, like climate change.
Do you see decisions, decisions in my images for today?
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The National Day Calendar people are offering only two decisions, decisions today.
I’m making a decision, decision to share this result from searching YouTube for “decisions, decisions.”
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So many decisions, decisions to make as I create this daily blog, but I always decide to end each post with gratitude for YOU!
… and finding it very helpful, including this excerpt:
The words I remember were: The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom. During the silence that followed, memories flashed through my mind revealing how much I had been defended against. I could feel the walls I had erected to keep out those people who were different from me, those who intimidated me or demanded too much from me. I recognized my aversion to physical discomfort, to feeling fear and loneliness. I realized how unforgiving I felt toward myself for hurting others, for being judging, obsessive, selfish.
What are you reading into that and the other images in today’s post?
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I’m reading into people’s responses these days that there is a great need for grieving and healing.
This is what I find on YouTube when I search for “what are you reading?”
Ever since we adopted Joan — our kitty who was found on the streets of Tennessee with her siblings and many kittens — my husband Michael has been “speaking” for Joan by saying, in a high Southern-accented voice, “I do what I want!”
Joan does what she wants by
chasing our other cat Harley around the house,
sitting where she wants to sit,
playing when she wants to play,
sleeping when and where she wants to sleep, and
generally, being cat.
Joan does what she wants within the confines of wearing a cone …
… as her skin infection heals. Actually, if she was really doing what she wants, she wouldn’t be wearing that damned cone, but she’s doing just fine.
“I do what I want” is also what many humans say as they get older and wiser. I discovered this, again, when I tweeted this yesterday:
Many people on Twitter agreed with me and shared how they do what they want, more and more, as they get older. Somebody actually responded with this:
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Here are some other responses:
I do what I want when I create this daily blog, so I want to share the photos I took yesterday at work and at home. You do what you want with these:
The Daily Bitch does what she wants. Do you?
I do what I want and I want to see what I find when I search YouTube for “I do what I want.”
I do what I want and I also want to include some music here. Here’s “Do What You Want” from OK Go.
I do what I want and I always want to end these posts with gratitude for all who visit this blog, including YOU!
1. contrary to the laws and customs of society; devoid of or antagonistic to sociable instincts or practices.
“a dangerous, unprincipled, antisocial type of man”
Similar:
objectionable
offensive
beyond the pale
unacceptable
unsocial
asocial
distasteful
disruptive
disorderly
lawless
rebellious
sociopathic
2. not sociable; not wanting the company of others.
I would say that, sometimes, I’m not wanting the company of others, especially if they’re objectionable, offensive, beyond the pale, unacceptable unsocial, asocial, distasteful, disruptive, disorderly, lawless, rebellious, or sociopathic.
It’s not a shock to my system that one member of the soon-to-be-married couple loves Yes and the other one decidedly does not. Differences may be a shock to the system but they make life much more interesting.
For regular readers of this blog, my ending with gratitude cannot possibly be a shock to the system.
The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally 