Happy Tuesday! I have been on a trend of not getting my blog posts out until late recently, did I mention that the end of the year is busy??? 😂😜 (Maybe just a time or two right?) It has meant some shorter posts but hopefully, they are no less important. My aim is to still deliver the messages you need to hear each day.
This morning I wanted to share a Lunarbaboon Comic that I found this past week. You might remember that along with Strange Planet, Lunarbaboon is a favorite of mine. The author makes art that speaks to our shared humanity and illustrates pretty simple and important themes of life like kindness, acceptance of others and self, and awareness of our impact on others and the world. Have a look at this one...
So how about you? Do you get the point?
Are you leading your best life?
Are you spending your time doing things that make you happy instead of stressed or overwhelmed? (think riding your bike vs. devouring hours of social media each day).
Do you have a clear understanding of the things that create joy for you personally vs. the things that bring you down?
(I do want to acknowledge here that some kids might say, in response to only doing things that make you happy, "why do I have to go to school then?" I know...sometimes school is hard and boring, and uneventful, but if you look at it in the long term, the energy you put into making learning meaningful is an investment into yourself and your future. If you invest in yourself you'll have opportunities to decided what makes you happy, and you'll have the means to pursue those things).
Do you spend time with people that make you happy?
Do the people you choose also choose you? Meaning, do they treat you like a friend? Do they respect you and your choices, and support you in pursuing your dreams? If the answer to any of these questions is no, maybe you should consider the point of giving them so much of your time.
Are you being a friend? Showing kindness, gratitude, respect and genuine care & concern for others is attractive. You will never be without friends if you display these simple qualities.
So be kind, be a friend, have a friend, and invest in activities that make your heart happy. The rest is gravy!
Happy Tuesday Everyone! Here's a little Strange Planet for you today... I wanted to share this funny because it represents where our brains tend to go when we are worried about something. Our mind-matter tends to go to the least reasonable explanation for things that we stress about instead of the most logical explanation. In this funny, the simple logical explanation is that the life-giver opened the portal! This funny to remind you that your brain likes to play tricks on you sometimes, so you need good strategies for getting your irrational thoughts under control when they start to run away from you. Stop, breathe, talk to your brain, think about the logical explanations or reasons. Don't jump to a conclusion or catastrophize a situation. Remind your brain that there is no reason to go into fight, flight, or freeze mode when mild curiosity and logical explanation mode will suffice. As an aside, there is a national talk like a pirat...
Good Morning Everyone, We've made it to the end of another week, and we are ready to usher in spring tomorrow! This is good news for all those folks ready to open the windows, get outside, and sweep out the cobwebs! As we touched on yesterday, however, sometimes with the good comes the bad, and the bad I am referring to was an abhorrent national news story yesterday about an act of violence against Asian-American people in an American community. I won't go into the details here, but I will say that it is a disturbing trend of violence and hate speech against Asian-Americans around the United States. Many would attribute this rise in violence to the negative stereotypes perpetuated by some of our leaders during this past year managing the COVID-19 crisis. Not surprisingly, hate speech has unfortunately followed as a result of the tone set by our leadership's inaccurate stereotyping and microaggressions. I don't want to focus too much on the speci...
Happy Wednesday Everyone, A quote to start your day... "In between every action and reaction, there is a space. Usually, the space is extremely small because we react so quickly, but take notice of that space and expand it. Be aware in that space that you have a choice to make. You can choose how to respond and choose wisely because the next step you take will either strengthen or damage your relationship[s]." -Rebecca Eanes- This quote was taken from a larger quote about parenting, but I felt that this portion of it is so important to all relationships, not just ones between a parent and child, so I wanted to share it. When we react to the actions that take place around us - at home, in school, in the community, or even in our own minds - we are either creating strong bonds, positive connections, and shared positive experiences, or we are creating barriers to personal connection, contributing to negative stereotyping, or participating in bullying ty...
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