5/17/07

Just one today:

Learn to love gloomy days. They contain so much subtle beauty, it almost aches to look at them. But that's the thing: We don't look at them. We just try to last through them, hoping for the next sunny day. I have a better idea: Next time you encounter a gloomy day (where I live, today is one), enjoy it -- drink in all its blue-green Ektachrome magnificence. Thank the universe for gloomy days. And sunny days. And in-between days. And all days.

5/16/07

1. Think of somebody who you believe has slighted you in some way in the past. Check with yourself to see if you've forgiven him or her. If you haven't, maybe now would be a good time.
2. Relax your shoulders. Then your arms. Then your hands, all the way to the tips of your fingers. Doesn't that feel good? Now relax the whole rest of your body, little by little, from your toes up to the top of your head. Ahhhhhhhhhh.
3. Plant something. Do whatever is necessary to keep it growing.

5/15/07

1. Get yourself outside and run around like a little kid. If you already are a little kid, run around like yourself.
2. Consider the sun; if it were to blink out of existence, we'd follow suit a few blinks later. Given this, maybe you should come up with some kind of ritual, object, or song in appreciation of all the good Old Sol does for us.
3. Speaking of the sun, get out there and bask in its rays as soon as possible. (Don't forget the sunscreen.)

5/14/07

1. Spend a few minutes thinking about the future.
2. Spend the majority of your day in the present. And whatever you do, stay out of the past. You've got no business there. (And besides, there is no such thing.)
3. Get as far away from your computer as possible. I'm serious: Let this be the last thing you do on the computer today.

5/11/07

1. Be extra nice to all the moms you encounter this weekend.
2. Be extra nice to yourself, too. Enough with the judging. Relax and enjoy!
3. Start a Crappy Band! What, you ask, is a Crappy Band? Read all about it here:

http://crappybandmanifesto.blogspot.com/

5/10/07

Check out these worthwhile things:

1. http://www.standingwomen.org/

2. http://www.wholewheatradio.org/

3. http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/

5/9/07

1. Find some time to do some people-watching today. Malls and parks are perfect places for this. If you're really twisted, you might want to try the local DMV.
2. Make a gift for someone. Not "buy," not "rummage around in your re-gifting closet," but make. Don't wait for a birthday or other occasion. Do it now.
3. Choose a well-known person from the past or present -- someone you really admire -- and read his or her biography.