[Whyus]

Im guessing, correct me if im wrong, that riding a motorbike is just About the best GAL atm. You are alone and have a helmet on. I see a couple of tours on the horizon.
I will also be doing some small Jobs around the house or in the garden.
Stay safe!

[Maleficent]

Hi.  Hope you are all okay out there.

I signed up for the Yale happiness course on coursera, along with about 1.4 million people.  A few things I thought I would share as they seem relevant to GAL and mirror work and understanding MLC.  I have no knowledge of positive psychology, just one long forgotten college psych intro course, so what I am finding interesting, you may all know already.

One of the "readings" is a TED talk by Martin Seligman, who apparently is the father of positive psychology.  One exercise he speaks of is "to design a beautiful day" which in this time of cholera can be healing - how will we spend our first day when this is all behind us?

Martin Seligman also spoke of three types of happiness -1) the Pleasant life-what we build, some of it is up to chance and circumstances 2) the Good life, when you enjoy what you do and time stops while you are in the moment and 3)the Meaningful life-using strengths in service of something larger than you/we are.  I wonder if our MLC spouses had 1 and 2 - we all think about what a good life we all had before BD, but maybe they were missing #3, the meaningful life.  Just a thought. His TED talk is worth viewing if you have time. 

Another exercise is to take the (free) online VIA Institute of Character, character strengths survey.  It was helpful to me as mirror work because although I was surprised what my "least" strength was, it is so true in the rear view mirror. 

Stay healthy.  I am also cleaning my barn, taking walks, online yoga, chatting with friends, worrying about plan B for kids's wedding shower and wedding.  Hoping to try a virtual zoom happy hour soon.