As I prepare another presentation about therapy groups, I know I need to talk about how to make safe spaces for people within a group, so that they’ll feel safe enough to share important thoughts and feelings.
Do you see any safe spaces in my images for today?
I’ll probably spend Global Movie Day in a safe space reading my birthday present — the wonderful autobiography of the amazing Mel Brooks (who’s aging like fine wine).
Here’s Joan in some safe spaces:
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “safe spaces.”
I hope the comments section, below, is a safe space for you to express any reactions you have to this “safe spaces” post.
Thanks to all who help make spaces safe, including YOU.
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!
Whenever I get a cup of tea, I usually get the saying that I get with the teabag. Yesterday, I didn’t get it.
Maybe I don’t get it because the word “should” gets to me. (If you’d like to get an early post of mine about shoulds, get it here.)
If you get that teabag saying, I hope I get a comment about it.
In every moment of life, I should be what I ought to be. I should be sharing my other photos from yesterday, so I ought to get them for you.
Did you get that I heard beautiful music at work and got another great dinner from Michael?
“I don’t get it” gets a lot on YouTube (get it here, here, here, and here).
I don’t get a lot, but I get thankful every day for people who help me get what I need to create this daily blog. I hope you get this: I’m especially thankful for YOU.