Greetings! In regards to the admittedly small chance that my absence was noted, the several day loss of my phone is now rectified and so my understatedly triumphant WordPress return! I was wearing a very shallow-pocketed coat at a playground, thinking, “these pockets are so very shallow I’m probably going to lose this phone,”…
Tag: mental health
The cure for the woes of the world still exists, but is currently prey to monetized destruction.
I had a passing conversation with a familiar-ish fellow at the bar the other night, and he mentioned he was leaving the next day to go live and work in L.A. We discussed his plans a bit, and then he mentioned that having gone through one Michigan winter, he realized that he just couldn’t hang….
tuned out
In just a few days, it will be three weeks since I cut myself off from reading the news feeds. I am glad to say that though I remain functionally up-to-date on current events, to the extent that my outrage is fully righteous and regularly conveyed by phone and email to the office workers of…
hope happens
Surge Just as amazed and astounded near incredulous over the fact of the groaning earth yet managing enabling each breathing moment of we masses of people, so each heart surged tear we shed over joys and pains in existence a small victory miracle unexpected proof of empathic ability. The wires and wars have yet to…
rights
Among the array of thoughts inducing anxiety that would escalate into a panic attack save a combined effort of will and the practicalities of daily living, one of the most wrenching is the escalating loss of entire species of animals from the planet. Even writing that, my chest clenches and my heart and throat swell,…
Tasked
I was thinking about how it takes so much effort to deescalate the intense emotional power of remembered images that recall the darkest regrets in life. My own struggles are indelibly linked to my mother’s passing. I was thinking how I’ve labored mightily to not let those mental flashes ignite the insistent burn of guilt,…
Antisocial
I read an article about how smartphone use in the current teenaged generation looks to be resulting in increased loneliness, with a likely looming mental health crisis on a large scale. My particular internet siren call is the daily news, which I have successfully cut back by about 75% in recent weeks and still…
Insight/Outfit of the Day 