“I once asked my congregation to write on a post-it, what is the thought that you have most frequently about yourself to yourself?” said Nadia, “and it’s never ‘you’re doing a great job.’ “

A meme has a lot to say.

Do you feel down or depressed, yet at the same time grateful for your abundant blessings? I think both can be true.

Do you ever feel unloveable? Do you sometimes lambast yourself for what you did or said?

Not just a lighter load, enjoying carrying it. Mavis liking exercise? No way!

“Almost nobody has written with the joy, the galloping energy, the quiet love of conscience and family and what's best in us, the living optimism.”

I have read many times about the practice of gratitude, things like writing every day 3 things you’re grateful for, but I could never keep that up. I tended to be grateful for bigger things like my family, the fact I have shelter, my health, and so on. But with loving something in particular, size and importance did not matter. It is easier to notice.

Beautiful thoughts on beautiful music.

Optimism in the time of corona — can it be?