Crisis Poetry will get you through hard times. Mental Health Crisis Line 988 as well as the Suicide Hotline
Get happier every day! Guide line for happiness and success here:
Avoid chronic distractions and multi-tasking. Take an Internet break for at least a few hours every day to give your brain a chance to focus without interruption, and do some creative thinking. You’ll be happier and so will your brain.
Links to pages to help you with nature, music, and vizualization for pain relief and mental health.
“Birds: Poetry in the sky.” God’s Glory. Photo of hummingbirds’ wings is illuminated by the sun to create a prism effect. One part of a thrilling collection called “Winged Prism” by Christian Spencer, photographer celebrating birds.
“Keeping Quiet” – Jon Kabat Zinn, MD
Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.
For once on the face of the earth,
let’s not speak in any language; mimic
let’s stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines;
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
Fishermen in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would look at his hurt hands.
Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victories with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their brothers
in the dark, doing nothing.
What I want should not be confused
with total inactivity.
Life what it is about;
I want no truck with death.
If we were not so single-minded
about keep our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing.
Perhaps the earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now I’ll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.
The poem on “Keeping Quiet” was selected by Jon Kabat Zinn, MD for inclusion at medical centers world wide in his book “The Catastrophe Life.” Albert Schweitzer, MD, foremost medical missionary to Africa, was quick to note the importance of cats: “Two refuges from misery of life–a cat and music.” This pleases Dr. Seuss’ “Cat in the Hat.” “Bible is a prism through which the light of truth shines. The best way to see God and life clearly is to become acquainted with the full counsel of His written word,” the lens of truth.”–Detective Sunshine, Art and Constitution cat.
For a different take see here: https://craighill.org/dst-332/
Slow your memory loss
Recent findings show that people with an active social life have the slowest rate of memory loss. Red wine taken in moderation may improve memory and cognition–one glass for women, two for men. The general rule is “What’s good for your heart is good for your brain.”
