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Be nice to yourself, honey.
Oct. 28th, 2008 06:39 pmI'm becoming aware of how much this background anxiety I'm feeling is also affecting a lot of people I love. I'm seeing folks break up with long-term partners and quit jobs; the local health food store is sold out of the tea I love for insomnia; a lot of us are really stressed.
Some of the painful changes folks are making are really good. I think high-stress times can be useful in the way that PMS can be useful; by heightening pain, they can throw into sharp relief the things you don't want to live with anymore.
Still, I worry for my people. I'm encouraging myself, and my friends, to push off difficult decisions for a little longer. There's a real chance that the world will look brighter next week.
Now is a good time to drink tea, go for walks, look at flowers, eat well, hug friends, and delay those difficult things that can be put off for a week.
It's a good time to play gratitude tennis-- feel free to tell me what you're grateful for, and what you did to bring it into your life, in the comments.
Check out these hopeful things, or share your own in the comments.
Xoxo
Nabil
Some of the painful changes folks are making are really good. I think high-stress times can be useful in the way that PMS can be useful; by heightening pain, they can throw into sharp relief the things you don't want to live with anymore.
Still, I worry for my people. I'm encouraging myself, and my friends, to push off difficult decisions for a little longer. There's a real chance that the world will look brighter next week.
Now is a good time to drink tea, go for walks, look at flowers, eat well, hug friends, and delay those difficult things that can be put off for a week.
It's a good time to play gratitude tennis-- feel free to tell me what you're grateful for, and what you did to bring it into your life, in the comments.
Check out these hopeful things, or share your own in the comments.
- Local poet Bucky Sinister wrote a book about recovery for misfits, freaks and weirdos-- I love sober punks helping other punks get sober: http://buckysinister.com/sec2_books_cd.html
- This video shows a man teaching a wolf cub to howl at the moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmuW8P-8LOU
- Rob Brezny explains the difference between your fear and intuition: http://www.freewillastrology.com/ (also available through iTunes)
- xkcd loves a lot of stuff: http://xkcd.com/442/
- An urban farmer working in one of Milwaukee's poorest neighborhoods won $500,000 in a MacArthur genius award: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/dining/01genius.html?_r=3&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
- A gorgeous little song and video about a girl who loves art: www.youtube.com/watch
- Darths and Droids shows the Episode 1 Star Wars movies as a D&D campaign: http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0001.html
- Laura Ingalls Wilder has a Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/HalfPintIngalls
Xoxo
Nabil