Tuesday Think Thank

This morning I Did what I Should Not Do—according to my husband, my therapist and even my pint-sized common sense. I started my Tuesday by scrolling (and scrolling) through online news. Why? Idk, but I’ll blame it on an out-of-my-daily-routine second cup of coffee.

Paraphrasing my three advisers: “Neal, how does it help you to be inundated with mainstream news, which is most often bad news?”

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A teeny sampling of what my caffeinated scrolling unearthed:

* Senseless deaths and injuries in the Wisconsin Christmas parade tragedy.

* Tucker Carlson calling Kyle Rittenhouse a “sweet kid.”

* A defense attorney in the Ahmaud Arbery case referencing in her closing statement Ahmaud’s “long dirty toenails.”

* The dangerously divisive hatred (hatred?!) in our divided political world today.

* Etc. Etc. Etc.

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What “got me out of the newsroom” (thank goodness!) was a quick trek to the frig for more creamer for that second cuppa and noticing what I had stuck on the refrigerator…

The overflowing harvest of the simple cornucopia somehow (note to self: yet another therapy topic) jarred me into remembering that not all is bad. Duh. And that I/we have so very much to be thankful for.

All of which, again, somehow brought to mind my favorite small-t thanksgiving song, Josh Groban’s rendition of “Thankful.” So I did a quick listen-to.

This non-newsworthy line stood out: “Sometimes we can’t see the joy that surrounds us.”

Here’s the song if you have a couple of minutes …

Who says two cups of coffee are bad for you?!