Procovery Strategies - #s nine & ten

Sticking with procovery when the going gets rough. Sometimes in the midst of crisis, all procovery efforts are abandoned or forgotten. But procovery efforts during crisis can greatly determine whether this particular crisis will be just part of the procovery process, a detour on the way to procovery, a turning point toward procovery, or a loss of will in getting there at all.

Self-care actions to take and choices to make. Illness can loom so deadening, so debilitating, so destructive that we assume it requires something strong, powerful, and exceptional to beat it. Self-care may seem too “anecdotal,” too incidental to have an impact. But in fact self-care makes use of the most powerful medicine of all—the active participation of the individual.

Copyright 2000 by Kathleen Crowley. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

The sun is always there. . .

Originally uploaded by The Tables Have Turned..

It's just a matter of facing up to it. If we search, we can find that spark, that joy that makes life worthwhile. It requires getting to or finding the right vantage point. And that takes effort we don't feel like making at times.
New perspectives can enhance our experience. Looking at things a new way makes them fresh and new again.

How are you doing at the end of the day?

sunset clouds
Originally uploaded by strollers.

"A single day is enough to make us a little larger, or, another time, a little smaller"

Paul Klee

From the "Procovery Cards" by Kathleen Crowley

Not happy

City swing'n at the park (silly furry saturday)
Originally uploaded by bulldog1.

It's sad the sometimes we can be so sad in the midst of what normally would be a happy situation. Sometimes we're ridiculously enjoying life when the situation seems so normal to everyone else.
I'ts important to remember that we can see life through glasses that are dark or kaliedoscopic. Neither one is quite real.

Even cats need company

I've been struggling this week with depression, and it's difficult to force myself to be with other people. I skipped choir, and have pretty much been at home, except for facilitating the Procovery meeting.
This photo reminds me that we all need others for warmth, companionship, survival, and happiness.
Spooning for Cats Originally uploaded by txkimmers.