Monday Mood: Hanging on

I won't lie, it has been a challenging week to remain positive and upbeat. Senseless murders and TDS getting inside my head. Defiling of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It has been challenge keeping compassion from turning into depression.  It has been a difficult week, in what should be a season of hope. 

So what can we do? 

Be kind in what we say or do. If we are fortunate enough to live in a place that is safe and secure, acknowledge that many in the world are less fortunate. And really, isn't that what all but the truly deranged want in life and for the world, comfort, peace, safety and security? 

What else can I do this week?

• Find little ways to be helpful to others. 
• Random acts of kindness. 
• Send encouraging messages to friends and family. 
• Create beauty in any way I can. 
• Encourage others to be kind and peaceful.
• Speak out against hate. 
• VOTE, VOTE, VOTE. 

The holidays can be stressful. Hang on, take care of yourself, be extra kind. Hang on!  You may be the only person who can take care of you. 

I close most of my emails with the phrase "Take care."  And I truly mean it, take care of yourself, each and everyday. Be gentle as a lamb.