Hello, happy Monday, everybody. Yep, caffeine kicked in. I do my best. Listen, let me say something.

I do my best to bring you guys some uplifting, uplifting, joyous presence. You know,

the world is difficult enough. Things are complicated as every now and then I wonder if it can

get any more complicated. And then it does. You know,

I think this wildfire, what's happening over here on the East Coast and sending out a lot of prayer

love and support to those up in Oregon, it's heartbreaking. Oregon right now has reached the

status of the most toxic unhealthy air quality in the world. And that's not something for us to, you know, really be proud of as much as for something for us to be horrified about.

So this is just, you know, and California, we're pretty much on fire as well.

I have friends that have been evacuated.

So you can see the impact of these fires in the area I live, which is definitely very far from Oregon,

but definitely right off of the areas of California where it's happening. So funky times for all of us,

but, you know, we've got to find the joy where we can. That's, again, not to ignore all the complicated

or heavier, darker things that are happening. But it's kind of just about being more honest, right?

We can always choose which direction we're looking in.

And mental health is about really acknowledging the breath of all that's going on.

And more difficultly, it's sometimes about holding the opposition.

While something really heavy, sad, or dark is happening at the exact same time,

there's a lot of joyous,

beautiful things that are happening. And we often have to learn how to hold both or kind of pivot back

and forth because both are real. And it's not about finding the silver lining or staying positive.

I know that that is a message that we hear all the time. Just stay positive. No, I want us to stay real and I want us to

process what we're feeling and going through because that's mental health, not stuffing it,

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