How to get through the day

Exercise your love muscle

Count your blessings

Call a friend

Go for a walk

Pet your cat, hug your dog, kid, partner

Smile at a stranger

Visit someone at a hospital or nursing home

Listen to, dance to, make music

Paint, draw, write

Read something funny

Sit by the water

Look at the sky

Save despair for the end

Me and Tink

Tink was just back from the funeral of his friend who had shot himself,  I had just signed the letter forfeiting a grant to build a new library. Side by side we sat at the bar drinking our Budweiser and Larceny Bourbon. His Harley Davidson and my Subaru Forester only scratch the surface of our differences. No amount of words or booze could come close to the cheering effect of sitting shoulder to shoulder with someone who understands.  I wouldn't have met him at the library, I'm glad I met him at the bar.