Day 3789: Karma

Do you know what karma is?

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Each action creates a certain memory and I am certain that there is karma in my other images for today.

I’m not sure what karma the Daily Bitch is creating there but I sometimes throw pillows when I’m pissed.

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

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Thanks to all who create good karma, including YOU.

Day 3746: You are here

You are here and so am I. As I say in every Coping and Healing group, thanks for showing up exactly the way you are here.

You are here, perhaps, to see my images for today.

You are here to witness how amazing it is that a carrot-colored man who tells lies and has been accused of sexual assault is being indicted on International Carrot Day, Tell a Lie Day, National Sexual Assault Awareness Month’s Day of Action Day, and (if all that weren’t enough) World Rat Day.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “you are here.”

You are here and I am so grateful that you are!

Day 3740: Anger

Some people believe that depression is anger directed at the self. I am trying to avoid depression, here and now, by expressing my anger in this blog.

I have anger about

• my country’s inability to ban assault weapons,
• the erosion of the truth in public discourse,
• systemic injustices towards marginalized people,
• passive aggressiveness and other gaslighting behaviors, and
• the intermittent, loud knocking in the walls when we use our new shower, which the plumber says can’t be fixed without tearing down walls.

Now that I’ve named those causes of my anger, I can think about what I can and can’t do to mitigate them (which helps me, at least).

Do you see anger in any of my images for today?

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I get angry when I see “Texas Loves the Children Day” and think about the children in Texas killed by gun violence, but I’m not angry about this description:

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Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “anger”:

I appreciate that talk about anger, especially this comparison of anger to a child: you don’t want to let it drive the car, but you also don’t want to stuff it in the trunk.

Thanks to those who help me accept and express anger and all my other feelings, including YOU!

Day 3704: Power moves

The Daily Bitch has got me thinking about power moves today.

Strangely enough, my power move is listening to what people say and letting them finish their thoughts. That’s why my Coping and Healing groups include a check-in where everyone says whatever they choose without interruption; I am often moved by how people use that power.

The news, as usual, is filled with power moves by world leaders and I wonder how these moves are going to affect the rest of us.

Do you see power moves in my other images for today?

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Here’s what I find when I search for “power moves” on YouTube:

Is it a power move for me to ask you to leave a comment, below?

One of my power moves is expressing gratitude, so thanks to all those who give me the power to create these daily blog posts, including YOU!

Day 3670: Brain space

I just searched for a definition of “brain space” online and and found this…

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… and this:

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I actually meant “brain space” and I asked a question about it last night on Twitter.

We over-thinkers often give too much brain space to difficult people and situations we can’t control. Here’s a famous quote from Ann Landers about that:

What’s taking up brain space for me, here and now, is an echocardiogram test I’m having this afternoon. I’m hoping the results show my mechanical valve working properly, because needing another open heart surgery would take up way too much brain space.

Home repairs and potential problems also take up too much brain space, but I’m working on that.

Can you see other things taking up brain space in my images for today?

Today, I choose to give brain space to cats and Winnie the Pooh.

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

That Scrubs clip about Dr. Cox’s brain space reminds me of a college professor telling his class that he was not going to learn any of the names of his students “because whenever I remember a student’s name, I forget the name of a fish.”

I always have brain space for gratitude, so thanks to all who helped me find the brain space to create this blog post, including YOU.

Day 3662: Favorite words

Do you see any favorite words in today’s blog post?

I’ve shared many favorite words in this blog post so far (resilient, compassion, peace, questions, flowers, laughs, power, write, story, superheroes, coping, healing, curiosity, content, clear, slow, fearless, quintessential, relax, synopsis, appreciation, save, travel, chocolate, energy, etc.). Let’s see what happens when I search for “favorite words” on YouTube.

I also find this when I search for “favorite words.”

I look forward to reading your favorite words in the comments section, below.

Finally, two of my favorite words are “thank” and “you.”

Day 3650: Changes over time

I’ve been contemplating changes over time because

• We’re approaching the end of another year,
• I’m approaching my 10th anniversary of daily blogging,
• I’m approaching my 70th birthday,
• My 24-year-old son (who has changed over time, of course) and I have been talking about changes over time,
• Plans for our shower remodel are FINALLY set after many changes over time, and
• There have been changes over time at Twitter (and everywhere else, actually).

Do you see changes over time in my images for today?

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Here’s what I find on National Tick Tock Day when I search YouTube for “changes over time.”

What are your thoughts and feelings about changes over time?

Timeless thanks to all who experience changes over time, including YOU.

Day 3634: Bringing it all together

Last weekend, when I spoke to my ex-sister-in-law Deborah about our shower remodel, she suggested ways of bringing it all together. For example, since we’re going to use this shower seat because of space considerations …

… we talked about a teak look for shelves and elsewhere, bringing it all together.

Also, using this tile for the shower floor and maybe a trim …

… is another way of bringing it all together.

Honestly, it’s taken so long to do this shower repair and remodel that I can’t imagine bringing it all together.

Also, because all my photos aren’t loading this morning, I’m having some trouble bringing it all together for this post. I’m going to turn my phone off and on, because that often helps in bringing it all together.

That didn’t work, so now my thoughts are bringing it all together this way:

• What if I can’t post new photos any more in this blog?
• What could be causing this?
• How can I fix this?
• Who can help?

I’ll turn off my phone again to see if that helps me in bringing it all together here today.

That didn’t fix things and now I’m realizing that I’m running out of space on my phone so I need to delete photos if I want to keep bringing it all together on this blog.

Do you see bringing it all together in my other images for today?

I don’t know why I’m encountering so many challenges to bringing it all together today. The National Day Calendar has changed its website and it took me twenty minutes to figure out a way of bringing it all together, above.

It seems like whenever I’ve figured out ways of bringing it all together, something changes. I’ll just keep bringing it all together the best I can, over and over again.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “bringing it all together.”

How have you been bringing it all together lately?

Thanks to all who support me in bringing it all together in this daily blog, including YOU.

Day 3627: Work in Progress

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.

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!