Curt Rosengren posted today about making everyday a special occasion. He offered up this story by Ann Wells of the LA Times. It’s an attitude that, as hard as it is some days, is important to live by. None of us know how long we will be here, or how long our loved ones will be here. We should treat every day we get to spend with them as the most special of occasions.
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Pin Listen to both episodes. You’ll be challenged to think about youth mental health in a much broader sense. Hopefully, you will also see that these are not easy questions to answer and that existing in the world and planning for a future right now is hard. It’s no wonder that young people are struggling. It’s time we start taking serious steps toward making it less challenging for everyone and quit looking for a silver bullet that’ll fix it.
Pin Yes, it’s May, and that means it’s Mental Health Month, one of the times of the calendar year where we try and share stories, resources, and the life the voices of those struggling with their own mental health.
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Thanks for posting this.
It is a nice thought 🙂 But then you have those days where you’ve worn yourself out handling all those special occasions and that’s when you need to do a nice thing for yourself. Like a home spa treatment or anything that soothes you.
And then of course there’s the days where you just want to drive your truck over some mud mountains to work off stress 🙂