malibumark

I have the rest of the day free and open, unplanned except forgetting ready for work later this afternoon... and then I'll be watchingthe news and then to bed. I thought of some new thoughts today...

I know I am not alone in having some complicated relationships.I try my best to not impose my ways on others and I try tointerpret frustrations and upsets and reactions and not personalize them.I...

Good morning guys!Have a super terrific day!I guess I wonder if what I am doing is ok, or if I'm ok at times but I do know I have to be self responsible.... so up and at 'em.. I'll just move forward...

I've been having a kind of mixed up experience today.I wrote the last one or two journals and then got on with the dayof errands and keeping the house ship shape - with a sense of affirmation - and...

I was feeling oh so bunched into a corner this morningwoke early as usual and made some coffee - gotback into bed and texted a friend who usually wakes at around the same time..watched some tv and...

good morning!hope you have a happy day!hope you have a day you can feel happy about!give yourself a good morning affirmation and go for it!!xomark

A family story that inspired me comes from my brother in lawwho suffered a severe depression when he was in his 20s.He was basically catatonic lying in bed all the day long...One day a friend came to...

things have been going well. When I returned from my tripmy coworkers really let me know that they had missed me. Hugs all around.It was so nice. It just affirmed my sense of community after...

I used to exercise for fun. I would go for a run, or bicycle down to the beach."Working out" in my younger years was not something I avoided.When my world came crashing down from mental illness later...

I'm back up to speed at work now after vacation now. It's mid week and today I had a good dayat work- I got a good amount done. Now I'm back at home, still haven't changed out of work clothes,I'm...

I've washed up, brushed and flossed and have my meds ready to take in a little while.I've been watching the news in bed with Blue and I've decided I'm not going to have a snack though I really want...

Yesterday the church elder in Switzerland, who resides over the monastery in Maryland,asked me to do something for him that at first I thought was a very touching, beautiful idea.I talked it over...

I woke up this morning, feeling very very hesitant about which direction to go in. I knew that I wanted to make coffee and thenI knew I would take a shower. And so I did. I can just be so...

I know to be healthy, I need to be in touch with my feelings and do things that keep myself in a healthy frame of mind. Like today, I coached myself to get my work done and then exercised once my...