Choices

As a therapist sometimes, well, just a little bit more than sometimes, but who’s counting, I have bad days, mad days, sad days, angry days, rude days and even depressed days, Yeah, I’m a therapist but I’m also human. And on the days that I can’t seem to get anything right or on the days that “nothing” seams to piss me off I try to remember to ask myself – What went right in this very ugly day? And the image of my grandson’s beautiful face comes to mind, I remember the positive conversation I had with my supervisor, or I think about the friend I ran into and how nice it was to see her again – and in remembering the nice things that happened I stop focusing on the negative things. And in talking about the good things I realize that maybe my day wasn’t all bad.

If from time to time you find yourself going through an off day, or two, ask yourself “What has gone right” and make it a point to focus some, or all, of your attention on the positive. However, if you find yourself stuck with more bad days than not for more days than you care for – feel comfortable to reach out to this therapist how also has had some crappy days of herself. 

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; 
it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."  
~ Marcus Aurelius

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