Day 3799: Welcome

Welcome to the latest installment of my daily blog, with quotes,

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… photos,

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… questions and answers:

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… today’s holidays and observances:

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… something I love on YouTube that’s connected to the title of the post:

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… and gratitude to all who welcome me into their lives, including YOU!

Day 3760: What people don’t talk about

Because I’m a psychotherapist, my work includes listening to what people don’t talk about to others in their lives.

What people don’t talk about often causes toxic cycles of judgment, shame, anxiety, depression, and stress.

What people don’t talk about depends on the person and might include

• money,
• sex,
• bodily functions,
• politics,
• perceived weaknesses,
• addictions,
• mistakes,
• family secrets,
• messes,
• failures,
• accomplishments,
• disowned feelings,
• differences,
• abuse,
• racism,
• prejudice,
• ignorance,
• illness,
• religion,
• losses, and
• death.

Do you see what people don’t talk about in my images for today?

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Here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “what people don’t talk about.”

What are your thoughts and feelings about what people don’t talk about?

Thanks to all who helped me create this what-people-don’t-talk-about blog, including YOU!

Day 3757: April 15

April 15 is

• tax day in the USA (usually),
• the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing,
• the day my son needs to decide whether he is going to accept a mathematics PhD program offer, and
• many other things.

On Take a Wild Guess Day, take a wild guess what I’m going to do next in this blog post.

On April 15, I’m stuck between bad and good on YouTube, searching through videos about April 15.

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Thanks to all who, like me, have made it to another April 15, including YOU!

Day 3697: Love

What love can you find in today’s blog post?

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I love my husband and, yes, we have domestic squabbles, like yesterday’s about the lighting in the new shower. I love that we can resolve our worst squabbles so quickly by realizing how ridiculous they are.

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

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I love getting comments from you and I love that you read these posts!

Day 3682: Quisquous

I woke up on this quisquous day with a fever and an email about the definition of “quisquous.” Since COVID, fevers are more quisquous, don’t you agree? Also, fevers are more quisquous for me because I have a history of endocarditis, due to my unusual heart.

It’s also quisquous for me to cancel all my patients, especially because I offer an in-person drop-in therapy group on Mondays.

Do you see anything quisquous in my other images for today?

Thanks for that quisquous reminder, Daily Bitch.

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

Thanks to all who help me get through my quisquous days, including YOU.

Day 3674: Bots

Last week, I chatted with a Jane Austen bot, who was witty, polite, and interested in my college thesis (which was about judgment in the novels of Jane Austen).

Because I knew she was a bot, I didn’t return for further conversation. I do prefer interacting with non-bots after all (even if they’re not as interested in my thesis).

Do you see bots in my images for today?

Because I’m not a bot, I’m feeling angry and sad about the latest mass shooting in the USA. I wish the non-bots in Congress would do more to prevent this ongoing and horrifying loss of life.

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

What are your thoughts and feelings about this bots post?

Human thanks to all my non-bot readers, including YOU.

Day 3669: Responding

Because I’m a psychotherapist, a blogger, and a denizen of Twitter, I spend a lot of time responding to others.

Sometimes I feel guilty that I’m not responding more quickly and completely to responses here and on Twitter, but I’m responding to guilt the way I suggest others respond — I’m letting go of it.

Lately, I’ve been responding better to people who respond differently than I do. For example, when my husband Michael and I saw the musical Preludes this weekend, we discovered we were responding very differently: I liked it and he disliked it. Instead of responding negatively to that, I accepted Michael’s viewpoint and was also able to stay with my positive feelings about the play. I have to admit it’s taken me many years to reach that evolved level of responding.

Because responding effectively and appropriately can be complicated, I tweeted this simple Daily Bitch resolution/solution yesterday:

Now I’m wondering how you’ll be responding to that and the other images in today’s blog post.

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The Daily Bitch seems to be letting go of guilt about how she’s been responding.

Here are musicians responding to each other in the movie Whiplash.

Thanks to all who are responding to this blog post here and now, including YOU!

Day 3648: An important date

Today is an important date because

• it’s the third anniversary of when Michael and I got married (after many important dates),
• my son Aaron is coming over to stay for a few days before we take a trip together to New York,
• every day is an important date for somebody, and
• I have all these images to share with you.

Today is CLEARLY an important date.

Here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “an important date.”

Thanks to all who make every day an important date for me, including YOU!

Day 3632: Hugs

Hugs were a big thing in my therapy groups last week. During the in-person group on Monday, several people spontaneously gave and received hugs. In the on-line groups, I suggested giving oneself hugs as a mindfulness exercise.

I think people need hugs these days, so I’m including some hugs in today’s images.

Hugs to the Institute for Therapeutic Ridicule and to everyone else who answers my questions on social media.

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

I also find this.

Thankful hugs to all who help me create these daily posts, including YOU!

Day 3612: Weirdos

How many weirdos can you find in today’s post?

This weirdo loves stuffing and red mittens; gingerbread cookies not so much.

Here’s “Biutyful” by the Weirdos.

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