I’ve been reading the Sunday papers, and mostly that upsets me, especially when I see that so much really is about issues relating to mental health. I was going to write, again, about how these issues are handled badly, inefficiently, or mishandled, if they are handled at all. For many mental health issues the police are the first responders., Some police are very skilled and sensitive, while there are others, who we see of the news, who beat people, humiliate them, or shoot them.
I also question both the motives and the sanity of many of the people who have managed to push themselves into a position of power, either economically or politically. These days, with money being such a factor in how our country is run, it seems as if business owners, the heads of big corporations and just your regular very, very rich people, have all become intertwined. They then anoint themselves as the “ruling elite,” and set out to inflict their values and views upon the rest of us. Meanwhile most of “the rest of us” is too busy scratching out a living and struggling to find a few moments of peace and relaxation to pay too much attention to how many of the decisions made by those “ruling elites” is making it much more difficult for “the rest of us” to scratch out a living and find a few moments of peace and relaxation.
Then I read a article about the secrets of success and going viral on the Internet. It turns out that complaining about how things are bad is not one of them. Everyone knows things are bad; everyone is complaining. What most people are looking for is a brief respite from all of the complaints that I listed above. It's enough already.
But, if I can come up with an enticing heading, with the emotional promise of a short-cut to happiness, and include a cute, heartwarming picture, that will make them happy, everyone will flock to my site.
How misguided I've been to complain, to talk about the deficiencies of mental heath treatment, or how difficult it may be to make big changes in your life, even if it may be helpful to know that.
So, let's skip that and have a good time.
Here's some good advice to make you happy:
Sing, dance and fall in love!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ
How misguided I've been to complain, to talk about the deficiencies of mental heath treatment, or how difficult it may be to make big changes in your life, even if it may be helpful to know that.
So, let's skip that and have a good time.
Here's some good advice to make you happy:
Sing, dance and fall in love!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ
1 comment:
Well, good luck with that. :-)
At our church, the choir and congregation chants a Psalm every Sunday. At choir practice one Thursday night, we came upon this line in the Psalm for the week: "Oh, that we might see better days." It cracked us up. Floating along in the waters of an ancient religious tradition makes one realize: Things aren't getting worse. Things aren't getting better. Things just are."
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