loving yourself Coming back today with hopefully a more uplifting report than my last post. Also noting that, by the way, at the prison we don’t refer to them as inmates. They are respectfully “residents.” But if you ask any of them, they’ll say, “no, we’re inmates.” And for you, the general reader, you’ll likely…

one day chickens, next day FEATHERS Have you heard this saying? “One day chicken, next day feathers.” It’s the reply that one of my patients nearly always gives me in response to “how’s the day?” Now, if he doesn’t say it, I’ll ask, “is it a chicken day or a feathers day?” You might instantly…

all the time in the world I’ve seen this patient several times now for similar issues. I ask him every time, “what are you reading today?” He holds a small stack of maybe 25, 2×4 sheets of paper with tiny hand writing on them. Each of them is a remembrance of a book he read,…