Celebrate Spring!

Just 'cause it's funny. (Laughter is good for you!)

As of 11 o'clock this morning, my current shrink thinks I have made "amazing progress" in the years she has known me. This was interesting to hear since I feel stagnant all the time. Was she being truthful or did she say that so I will think she's been incredibly helpful and thus will continue seeing her? (Ever the skeptic, such thoughts are common for me and are the main reason I see a shrink in the first place.)

Besides, what constitutes "progress" for a human? All of us whose basic needs are met are bent on "finding our purpose" and "fulfilling our unique potential," as if when we do the benefits to mankind will be enormous when really maybe all that will happen is that we lose weight and our jeans fit better or we engage in a new hobby and have more fun each day, and really who cares about that besides us?

Most people take things far too seriously, especially considering that Donald Trump is our president.  If you are not among the starving poor or the homeless refugees clutching to life in some war-torn landscape, desperately seeking food, water or shelter, chances are you're trying to decide where your kid should go to college, what color to paint the dining room, whether to get a dog from a breeder or the pound or should you do yoga or pilates. Whatever it is, the solution of your current dilemma will have few, if any, ripples, so lighten up. And no matter where you live, get outside -- spring is here!