People vs. Things

It’s especially satisfying to make a grumpy face smile ear to ear, this time of year. I know this feeling well because my secret challenge when confronted by someone who looks like they’re having a really bad day is always to elicit some trace of a smile. And it’s...

Bad Mood Reversed. Stress Averted!

Have you ever had a bad day? When you couldn’t smile if your life depended on it? Then something happened to turn your mind around? What a miracle machine our minds are. My brain worked this magic recently and I’m grateful. Yesterday — from beginning to end — the...

Help Someone Going Thru Loss – 6/10

It’s easy to get swept away by a little sunshine if you live in the Pacific Northwest; it’s so gray and wet much of the time. The sun is an obvious mood lifter under normal circumstances, but I was reminded recently that grief doesn’t care about the...