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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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 …
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, …
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? …
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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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.
This one, number one, such an amazing soul. Humor, intelect, wit, insight, GOOD. Glad she’s related to me. 🙂
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... …
Continue reading Lyrics Post: “Back to the Bay” by Daveed Diggs
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 …
It’s a ritual, a ritual, turns out it’s habitual, One of the pups, she shows up, most every day, rubs away, early morn, as if to say, We’re here, don’t forget, is it breakfast time yet? Slow start, from the heart, feels good, this little rub along my side, can’t decide why, just gonna remind, …
