The Thought Box. Have I mentioned before? Not sure. If not, it’s high time. If I have brought it up before, well, worth exploring a little once again. The central idea of the Thought Box...just what is it? It’s a concept, that can also be made into a visual reference, a model, a thing to …
Anxiety: Fight it with Music, with Song, “The Next Right Thing”
Sometimes simply listening to a song over and over can help stave off anxiety, turn your frown upside down, make all the difference. Give it go, this is a good one for those moments. Just do... “The Next Right Thing” (from “Frozen 2” soundtrack) I’ve seen dark before But not like this This is cold …
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Anxiety: A Continuum
I don’t know what the experts say for sure, but I believe anxiety, like a lot of feelings exist on a continuum. Maybe all feelings are like this? Probably so. In this way then, part of coping with anxiety is realizing this common trait exists, and then you can identify some lessons that might be …
Anxiety: Awash
It starts with the feeling. That’s just it, at its core. It’s a feeling or series of feelings that can wash over you, immobilize you, cloud your mind to the point that there’s no room for anything else. “Awash” is the idea, the concept that comes to mind. Something like, you become awash with powerful, …
Anxiety: A Personal Intro
I’ve been dealing with it all my life; for a long time I called it “worry” - more recently I’ve come to define it as anxiety. It’s pretty well been my constant companion since I was seven years old. So, why share some thoughts here now? Why not simply journal, or talk to a therapist? …
Blog Post Like A Tweet: “Surely, Tender, Lu”
She’s come a long way, this one; I guess all kids do; our Lu. Sure, powerful, daring; timid, shy, unwilling; she’s all these things and more. This pic, maybe two years back; still captures her essence: open, capable, somehow ready, even if she doesn’t always know it in the moment. She is, best we be, …
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Blog Post Like A Tweet: “Confidence Rising”
This guy, number two, been through a lot his eight years. So thankful for him and his tender way, his capacity for silly, even his defiance - he has a fight to be himself, through it all. Go man, GO.
Blog Post Like A Tweet: “Spring Break”
This one, number one, such an amazing soul. Humor, intelect, wit, insight, GOOD. Glad she’s related to me. 🙂
Lyrics Post: “Back to the Bay” by Daveed Diggs
Pretty well can't say enough good things about this dude, Daveed Diggs. Beyond his beats, his words, his Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson...I just pretty well love everything I've learned about him. He inspires, plain and simple. And he's a WARRIORS fan from Oakland, California. All the better, dig it, dig Diggs, Back to the Bay... …
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Just Live
Sometimes so hard, just live, just live. Chores and tasks and obligations and duties and demands, All demand your time, your attention, your Right Now!, moments, hours, days, It feels so anyway, feels anyway, all the more to me, To my mind, mixed up in it all, mixed up by it all, all mixed up …