Day 3804: Compliments

Yesterday, in a Coping and Healing group, people talked about compliments. Several said they had trouble accepting compliments because they

• didn’t believe them,
• didn’t deserve them,
• weren’t used to them,
• felt conceited,
• felt embarrassed,
• associated them with past traumas, and
• were less comfortable with them than they were with familiar negative talk.

Compliments can’t hurt us! Let’s try to accept them with a simple “thank you.”

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Let’s see if there are any compliments in my other images for today.

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Compliments to the U.S. Congress for not sleeping and doing something hard: raising the debt ceiling and averting global fiscal disaster.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for compliments.

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Thanks to all who do their best to give and receive compliments, including YOU!

Day 3803: Say something nice

It’s easy for me to say something nice to my readers, because you are all so nice to me.

Today, on National Say Something Nice Day, I’ll say something nice to everyone, even if they’re not nice to me.

I’ll even say something nice to myself: “Hey, Ann! You sure do capture interesting images for this blog!”

I could say something nice about many of today’s holidays and observances, including Oscar the Grouch Day.

I always say something nice about the TV show Ted Lasso (which had its season, if not series, finale this week) and Ted can say something nice to everyone.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “say something nice Ted Lasso.”

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Thanks to all those who say something nice, including YOU!

Day 3802: Headline news

In my Coping and Healing groups (which may become headline news if I ever write an article about them), I sometimes ask this question: If there were a cable news network devoted to you, what would be today’s headline?”

Do you see headline news in my images for today?

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I believe that Weird Al has a song titled “Headline News.” Let’s see …

Headline news: 70-Year-Old Local Woman Correctly Remembers Name of Song.

Is it headline news that I’m very grateful to YOU?

Day 3801: Creativity

I’m thinking about creativity, here and now, because I feel stuck creating a paper I can publish about my creative therapy groups.

Let’s see if creating a blog post about creativity might inspire me.

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On National Creativity Day, here’s what I find when I search for “creativity.”

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I look forward to creativity in the comments section, below.

Thanks to all who help me nourish my creativity, including YOU!

Day 3800: Hidden meaning

As a psychotherapist, a film student, and a puzzle solver, I am often looking for hidden meaning.

Can you find hidden meaning in today’s blog post?

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I wonder if there is hidden meaning in the fact that this is Put a Pillow ON Your Fridge Day rather than Put a Pillow IN Your Fridge Day.

Here’s what I find when I search for “hidden meaning.”

I also find many YouTube videos about the hidden meaning of corporate logos, including this one:

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I hope the meaning in today’s post ending is not hidden!

Day 3798: Nothing To Fear

Today is Nothing to Fear Day!

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Do you see anything to fear in this blog on Nothing to Fear Day?

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There’s nothing to fear about people’s anger, envy, or bitchiness, which is like cellophane tape. It’s sticky, but you can always peel it off.

Here’s what I find when I search for “nothing to fear.”

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There is nothing to fear about watching another video on Nothing to Fear Day.

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I have nothing to fear about that 5-second fear-killing technique, so 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Day 3798: Great minds

I appreciate great minds, in case you didn’t know.

Do you see great minds in today’s blog post?

Aaron, my red head son, has a great mind and I hope he doesn’t mind when I say that.

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

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Thanks to all the great minds that help me blog every day, including YOU!

Day 3797: Escapes

We all need escapes from

• the news,
• injustice,
• cruelty,
• cognitive distortions,
• politics as usual, and
• worry.

Do you see escapes in my images for today?

Here’s what I find when I search for escapes on YouTube:

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Thanks to all who share in my escapes, including YOU!

Day 3796: What you haven’t seen

What you haven’t seen includes

• this blog post,
• Democrats and Republicans working together effectively in the U.S. Congress,
• a cure for many diseases,
• the insides of your phone,
• the tooth fairy,
• the invisible man,
• the movie Batgirl (and other unreleased films),
• the seven wonders of the ancient world,
• a purple cow,
• a dodo,
• somebody actually running off a cliff and not falling until they realize where they are (plus other cartoon tropes),
• the future,
• a kashmillion stars, and
• several things below.

What you haven’t seen includes Peace and Disarmament, but we can always hope.

When I search YouTube when for “what you haven’t seen,” I see this

… and this.

I have seen some of the movies. Have you?

What you haven’t seen does NOT (I hope) include my gratitude for YOU.

Day 3795: Confidence

In my Coping and Healing groups, people often talk about ways to increase confidence.

Yesterday, the group talked about “fake it til you make it” — practicing confidence even when we’re not feeling it. It’s difficult to feel confidence when we’re doing something new, and everything we’re doing is new in one way or another.

Today, I have confidence that this post will adequately cover the topic of “confidence.”

Lest I let the Daily Bitch have the last word on confidence, here’s a wonderful Ted talk I find on YouTube when I search for “confidence.”

Thanks to all who help me have the confidence to embrace every new day, including YOU!