A Great Antidote for Depression: Expressing Our Voice, Third Edition 2/28/22

Image: "Scotland: Ben Nevis With His Hat On"

       Bumping up a revised edition of a nine-year-old post.  Most of you have not read it. I hope it encourages you. 

Sources of Joy for This Fading Month of February............ 2/27/22

    I have enjoyed won-derful 6+ hours of fun on four occa-sions with four differ-ent friends the past two weekends. In my roadster, we travers-ed gorgeous country roads.  The car lies five inches above the ground. 

    The experience is like driving a go-kart on steroids. 

Loving Life, The Answer to Excessive Mental Chatter................... 2/18/22

And improve your driving, I might add. 

    I'm following Flannery O'Connor's approach tonight.  A post past due.  I have not sub-mitted anything at this inn lately. 

    O'Connor didn't know what she had to say until she started writing. In the same boat, I find myself.  The following reveals what is floating within my mind.

Overcoming Negative Feelings, Getting Back to Calmness............... 1/31/22

    I've been wiped out.  

    No, not with Co-vid, but with a cold.  It subdued my usu-ally positive feelings and point of view. 

    I sat with these negative emotions.  I discovered this past week, my adolescent days were not over.  I

The Vision of This Inn.................... 12/31/21

         Can you think of a better way of starting this year than considering your gratitude? 

Neither can I.  This inn's goal focuses on encouraging

Staying On Topic, Not Letting Someone Change the Conversation 12/31/21

     The other day I mentioned to some-one concerns I had with him.  His re-sponse was a doozy.  Instead of addressing what I said, he found fault with how I expres-sed what troubled me.  

      That is a control pattern.  It usually reveals a person skilled at avoiding issues.  We validate their point if we get caught up with the tangent they pre-sent. 

Happiness Is a Choice............ 12/31/21

        We crave happiness.  May the following help us see good times are not in someone else's power to give but in all the joy we take.  Attitude determines how much happiness we will know.

 "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he."  Abraham Lincoln e-choed this sentiment when he

Thoughts to Ponder as the New Year Is Upon Us............... 12/31/21

     Happy New Year!

     The following was posted last year on this date.  The ideas still ring true today.   May they encourage and inspire us as we usher in 2022. 

     Here's the post: 

     The New Year is upon us.  It could not come soon enough.  Seeing this year in the rear-view mirror gives us perspective. 

Looking Back at What 2021 Taught Us.................... 12/31/21

     It has happened.

      The year coming to an end.  Time for a review of what transpired in the last twelve months, in this Age of Covid.  Shall we begin? 

Being Careful as to Whom We Relate With..................... 12/29/21

     Last week I was authentic with someone I have known for several years.  Our friendship had been positive, strong, supportive, and encouraging. 

     I asked a question, trying to get clarity about our relationship.  He reacted strongly and negatively.  I loved his response. 

     I was surprised and happy at the same time.  Being the Attitude of Gratitude guy, I was also pro-foundly grateful. What made me