Pithy saying - I have the power to make the world more beautiful - Plant a tree or some flowers today or do or say something that makes this a better place.
In this post, I'd like to thank all of the people who work in the mental health field. This includes counselors, social workers, mental health counselors, psychologists, and psychiatrists. It can also include preachers and priests to that extent that they provide counseling besides just 'pray to god'.
We need more of these professionals. There are far too many examples of people acting out that might have been helped by receiving assistance or help from counseling, psychotherapy, medication and/or even meditation.
We need to work on the stigma that exists that prevents people from seeking help. There are two facets to this idea. One is preventative and the other is reactive.
On the preventative side, just like physical exercise and diet are recognized as good interventions to prevent poor physical health, we must start advocating and doing mental health exercise to prevent or ameliorate poor mental health. For me, this starts with meditation.
The second part of this equation is reactive, once a person realizes they are in a funk they should give the same amount of thought to this mental health situation as they do to the pain of a kidney stone, stomach ailment or persistent cough. Go see someone to help with your condition. Unfortunately today, we have Urgent Care facilities and Emergency Rooms to deal with the physical, but we don't have the equivalent for mental health care. How do you think we should deal with this?
My son is a mental health counselor and I wish him the best of luck in his endeavor and thank him for working in this profession.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Thanks to all pets and my pets!
Pithy saying
I am able to make others feel good about themselves.
Commit to taking the time to give a genuine compliment to everyone you meet!
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Today I'd like to express my gratitude to the pets I've had. They have all been dogs. I love dogs for all of the reasons you hear so often about.
I am able to make others feel good about themselves.
Commit to taking the time to give a genuine compliment to everyone you meet!
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Today I'd like to express my gratitude to the pets I've had. They have all been dogs. I love dogs for all of the reasons you hear so often about.
- They are faithful.
- They are always happy to see you when you come home.
- They love to be loved.
- They are good emotional barometers.
- I love the way the wag their tails.
- I love the way they hold their mouths open and their tongue hangs out when the pant. To me, this is their way of smiling.
- Dog's like to press their bodies against you sometimes to either seek attention or just to acknowledge you.
- Our current dog sleeps with us and on occasion she'll sleep right against me, seeking either the warmth of my body or the physical contact.
- I like the way that dogs will make eye contact with you.
- It is cute the way that dogs smell you to check you out.
This article, on the Mother Nature Network, listens 11 positive things that pets provide and the studies that back it up.
- Pets help you live longer, healthier lives
- Pets alleviate allergies and boost immmune funciton
- Pets up your fitness quotient
- Pets dial down stress
- Pets boost heart health
- Pets make you a social and date magnet
- Pets prove a social salve for Alzheimer patients
- Pet enhance social skills in kids with Autism
- Pets dampen depression and boost mood
- Pets can defeat PTSD
- Pets can fight cancer
- Pets can put the kibosh on pain
Thank you to all pets and my pets!
Friday, March 1, 2019
My glass is at least half full
George Washington channeling the Buddha ...
In a letter to Robert Steward on April 27, 1763, George Washington wrote: "Human affairs are always checkered and vicissitudes in this life are rather to be expected than wondered at".
I like to think I see a half-filled glass as half full not half empty ... supposedly a positive outlook. Another quote that I saw the other day is something like this.
"Let us try to see things from their better side:
You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes;
Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods
That thorns have roses."
This quote is attributed to Alphonse Karr, a French journalist, and author from his book "Letters written from my garden."
The above is from the https://quoteinvestigator.com/ website here.
In a letter to Robert Steward on April 27, 1763, George Washington wrote: "Human affairs are always checkered and vicissitudes in this life are rather to be expected than wondered at".
I like to think I see a half-filled glass as half full not half empty ... supposedly a positive outlook. Another quote that I saw the other day is something like this.
"Let us try to see things from their better side:
You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes;
Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods
That thorns have roses."
This quote is attributed to Alphonse Karr, a French journalist, and author from his book "Letters written from my garden."
The above is from the https://quoteinvestigator.com/ website here.
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