Negative to Positive **ZZZZAP!**

What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? I’m sorry to say that I sometimes find myself in a situation when I get a bit overwhelmed by negative feelings. I often express this (silently, mentally) by wishing Russia would just release their nuclear arsenal and we wouldn’t be bothered by all the day-to-dayContinue reading “Negative to Positive **ZZZZAP!**”

Illusions, Delusions, and Hallucinations

A few years back, I told someone that fantasies were good things. They are especially necessary for older people, and older men in particular, because they provide hope that can sustain us through otherwise dark times. The manifestations of the imagination listed in the title are very different, however, and can provide various levels ofContinue reading “Illusions, Delusions, and Hallucinations”

Comfort…

What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life? I think Comfort was a character name on a Twilight Zone episode—#88, “The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank,” to be specific. (I love that I can google that sort of thing.) She certainly was comfort for the devil who wanted to marry her…Continue reading “Comfort…”