Make Something Marvelous

Psychologists indicate our basic human emotions include: Happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, fear, and surprise.

What about other types of emotions and feelings?

Cathy Park Hong writes, "Minor feelings occur when American optimism is enforced upon you, which contradicts your own reality, thereby creating a static of cognitive dissonance."

Do you feel cognitive dissonance with the current health situation, state of events, and your personal reality? Where and how will you search for balance?

Let boredom and irritation lead to a cathartic outlet or breakthrough. Use your creative mind to get beyond static solutions.

Recall a memory when someone provided a teaching experience that has stayed with you.

Trace the origin of negative feelings and turn them around.  Make something marvelous happen.

In straw sandals and with a bamboo staff, I roam three thousand worlds

Dwelling by the water, feasting on the wind, year after year.

— Ikkyu