C’Mon, Turn Your Great Smile On!
Here are a few tips:
- Tell someone your dreams.
- Love yourself.
- Be grateful.
- Visualize something that makes you happy.
Here are a few tips:
Take Five Minutes for Yourself
A combination of strokes works well to relieve muscle tension. Try gentle chops with the edge of your hands or tapping with fingers or cupped palms. Put fingertip pressure on muscle knots. Knead across muscles, and try long, light, gliding strokes. You can apply these strokes to any part of the body that falls easily within your reach. For a short session like this, try focusing on your neck and head:
Start by kneading the muscles at the back of your neck and shoulders. Make a loose fist and drum swiftly up and down the sides and back of your neck. Next, use your thumbs to work tiny circles around the base of your skull. Slowly massage the rest of your scalp with your fingertips. Then tap your fingers against your scalp, moving from the front to the back and then over the sides. Now massage your face. Make a series of tiny circles with your thumbs or fingertips. Pay particular attention to your temples, forehead, and jaw muscles. Use your middle fingers to massage the bridge of your nose and work outward over your eyebrows to your temples. Finally, close your eyes. Cup your hands loosely over your face and inhale and exhale easily for a short while.
I’m going to open the windows, let the strong breeze freshen the house and blow all my cares away.
I’m open to surprises, life’s joyful moments, and songs that lift my spirit.
Get out in the neighborhood and write positive messages on sidewalks for others to see.
Here are a few of the good things I witnessed or experienced today:
The little things are priceless treasures to me. They brighten my day. I hope your day is filled to overflowing with the little things that make life worth living.
Grateful for all the above.
If you’d like to share the good things you’ve witnessed on my blog, Email me (ray.brese@gmail.com) a short list (1 to 5 things. Â I’ll post and attribute them to you in the way you choose to be acknowledged (e.g., anonymous, name, Word Press blog (etc.).
Start Journaling
It will be an interesting time to look back on.
It will a great “remember when” read when COVID-19 is a distant memory.
Have a dance party with everyone in your house, even if it’s just you.Â
I’m going close the windows, turn up the volume and practice my two-step. LOL
Tough times end. Rain eventually stops. Wounds heal. Good things always have the last word.
Being kind can strengthen your relationships and sense of satisfaction in life. [It means] opening your eyes and noticing when others are suffering. A kind word, a smile, opening a door, or helping carry a heavy load can all be acts of kindness. Celebrating someone you love, giving honest compliments, sending an email thanking someone, telling someone how s/he is special to you, helping an elderly neighbor with yard work or food, taking a photo of someone and sending it to the person, sharing homemade food, refusing to gossip, and donating old clothing and things you don’t need are all ideas about how to practice kindness.Â