Things you do to move forward during tough times.

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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,727
    I don’t vote for rapists! 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    OnWis97 said:
    They're waiting to pounce. Your use of the word "cope" in the subject line probably got some posters rubbing their hands together.

    Good call. Fixed.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    A good solid dose of Mother Nature always moves me forward and puts things into perspective.
    11/15/24 4:30 PM:

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    Another thing that helps in moving forward is good health, and one of my favorite components of a good health regimen is Annabell's  dark chocolate blueberry bark.  Dark chocolate and blueberries- double the antioxidants!
     
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    edited November 2024
    And I almost forgot, about 10 minutes after the photo I took earlier today, my wife caught this beauty.  For nature lovers here:


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,727
    brianlux said:
    Another thing that helps in moving forward is good health, and one of my favorite components of a good health regimen is Annabell's  dark chocolate blueberry bark.  Dark chocolate and blueberries- double the antioxidants!
     
    brianlux said:
    And I almost forgot, about 10 minutes after the photo I took earlier today, my wife caught this beauty.  For nature lovers here:


    Have to try that bark and yes nature pictures are so beautiful! I wish I was 15 years younger I’d def move off the grid and away from as many humans as possible! 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Choccoloccotide
    Choccoloccotide A grass shack nailed to a pinewood floor Posts: 1,235
    edited November 2024
    I usually just smoke a joint or hit my vape.  This has worked well for me in stressful times.  
  • Choccoloccotide
    Choccoloccotide A grass shack nailed to a pinewood floor Posts: 1,235
    I also find it calming to listen to a good Dead show, preferably one from the 72-74 era.  I highly recommend.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    Choccoloccotide said:
    I also find it calming to listen to a good Dead show, preferably one from the 72-74 era.  I highly recommend.

    I'm not a huge dead fan (although I do have and very much enjoy American Beauty and Working Man's Dead on LP), but I'm always impressed by how much the Grateful Dead fans I know benefit from that band's music.  Hard core Dead fans are super loyal in a cool way.  
    I get the same satisfaction from my favorite bands.  The focus for me changes from one band or artist from time to time. Lee Ranaldo's music is what's been helping keep me level lately, especially his work with Lee Ranaldo and the Dust.  It thrills and chills me out right to the core.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,387
    brianlux said:
    Choccoloccotide said:
    I also find it calming to listen to a good Dead show, preferably one from the 72-74 era.  I highly recommend.

    I'm not a huge dead fan (although I do have and very much enjoy American Beauty and Working Man's Dead on LP), but I'm always impressed by how much the Grateful Dead fans I know benefit from that band's music.  Hard core Dead fans are super loyal in a cool way.  
    I get the same satisfaction from my favorite bands.  The focus for me changes from one band or artist from time to time. Lee Ranaldo's music is what's been helping keep me level lately, especially his work with Lee Ranaldo and the Dust.  It thrills and chills me out right to the core.
    Check out Jerry Garcia’s album with mandolinist David Grisman when he embraced his bluegrass roots! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lEWX7s5cdGdlEgOD82r1V5gZKC3Ql_IbA&si=pLSlJL4IAJ3XEetB
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    edited November 2024
    benjs said:
    brianlux said:
    Choccoloccotide said:
    I also find it calming to listen to a good Dead show, preferably one from the 72-74 era.  I highly recommend.

    I'm not a huge dead fan (although I do have and very much enjoy American Beauty and Working Man's Dead on LP), but I'm always impressed by how much the Grateful Dead fans I know benefit from that band's music.  Hard core Dead fans are super loyal in a cool way.  
    I get the same satisfaction from my favorite bands.  The focus for me changes from one band or artist from time to time. Lee Ranaldo's music is what's been helping keep me level lately, especially his work with Lee Ranaldo and the Dust.  It thrills and chills me out right to the core.
    Check out Jerry Garcia’s album with mandolinist David Grisman when he embraced his bluegrass roots! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lEWX7s5cdGdlEgOD82r1V5gZKC3Ql_IbA&si=pLSlJL4IAJ3XEetB

    Will do, thanks!
    I like some of Garcia's side project stuff a lot.  It's amazing the places he showed up on over the years.  Like this great number by Link Wray with Jerry on  pedal steel guitar:

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    Sometimes the best (or maybe even the only) thing you can do is let the bad times roll. 


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    I'm here in WPB, FL and I'm 5 miles from the ocean. When times get rough I head to beach with my kites and music. I've a kite for whatever wind conditions I encounter. With those trips I bring my music played through my beat box. 

    Other times I'll go to concerts, I'll see just about anyone. For example I saw these guys last Sunday. These guys were over the top good like STICK FIGURE was back in August.

    Black Violin.....A Flat
    https://youtu.be/gEIVzWCRSg8?si=dFNX5apndirA4YIc

    Sometimes a good book like the one I'm STILL reading about my father and his sound system. Way back in the day of the 50s, 60s and 70s. I just saw him two weeks ago in Jamaica 🇯🇲  and as he turns 96 at the end of this month. He gets around better than me.

    Cut the news especially political news, practice my table 🏓 tennis, billards, watch my favorite tv show Ancient Aliens on the History Channel and play my favorite college card game spades. ALL these things in one way the other helps me get through the tough times.

    ✌️
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,629
    UNPLUG. simple as that. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,387
    Appreciate today, because tomorrow’s likely to be worse.
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • battle1
    battle1 PHI Posts: 637
    benjs said:
    Appreciate today, because tomorrow’s likely to be worse.
    Why so pessimistic, eh? Don't be a drag. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    benjs said:
    Appreciate today, because tomorrow’s likely to be worse.

    Good advice and wise words, B. 
    Another thought I have this morning is to stop wasting so much time arguing with strangers on the internet.  Anyone who hasn't figured out what a mess were in for is either oblivious or in denial, and nothing I or anyone else can say here is going to change that.  I'm getting more back into my writing and music, and getting ready for my soon to be 20th wedding anniversary.  I'm staying aware, but at the same time trying to give more time to positives, what ones still remain.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,387
    battle1 said:
    benjs said:
    Appreciate today, because tomorrow’s likely to be worse.
    Why so pessimistic, eh? Don't be a drag. 
    How about you do you, and I’ll do me? Thanks.
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,727
    Sometimes events happen that leave you no choice but to take action! Two weeks ago my 86 year old dad came down with a terrible cold my niece took him to urgent care he was prescribed an antibiotic & cough medicine! He proceeded to start drinking the cough medicine from the bottle so he was all out of sorts, vomiting dizzy and not good at all, so now my brother takes him to the emergency room because he’s complaining of pain in stomach and middle of his chest. Diagnosed with acid reflux and he actually burned his esophagus on top of having a terrible cough, so because he was alone he was not taking the correct dosage of cough medicine and Motrin! So me and my wife who’s a nurse decided when he gets discharged he’s coming home with me so he’s been here since last Saturday and he’s way better we manage all his medication and been monitoring he’s sugar levels he’s a type 1 diabetic! So this has my total attention having him here which is good to put things in perspective! 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    josevolution said:
    Sometimes events happen that leave you no choice but to take action! Two weeks ago my 86 year old dad came down with a terrible cold my niece took him to urgent care he was prescribed an antibiotic & cough medicine! He proceeded to start drinking the cough medicine from the bottle so he was all out of sorts, vomiting dizzy and not good at all, so now my brother takes him to the emergency room because he’s complaining of pain in stomach and middle of his chest. Diagnosed with acid reflux and he actually burned his esophagus on top of having a terrible cough, so because he was alone he was not taking the correct dosage of cough medicine and Motrin! So me and my wife who’s a nurse decided when he gets discharged he’s coming home with me so he’s been here since last Saturday and he’s way better we manage all his medication and been monitoring he’s sugar levels he’s a type 1 diabetic! So this has my total attention having him here which is good to put things in perspective! 

    Good son, good job.  Kudos!  And best wishes for you dad!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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