Soothing

​How to soothe
Hurt feelings and sadness
Dealing with anxiety
Absence of gladness
Many options exist
Some better than others
Harm can come from a few
To self or your brothers
Sisters and family
Loved ones and friends
Result from isolation
Better means to the ends
Boosting your emotions
Bathing your brain
All experience these feelings
Dopamine lack
Find ways to recover
Relieve all the strain
Some ways are preemptive
Others in response
Prevention is preferable
Desire overcomes reason
Loss of control
Self care is essential
Be proactive, shift state
Generosity and gratitude
Benefit the mood
Avoidance and numbing
Not helpful or good
Assertion of need
For sense of power, control
Can lead to misfortune
Digging yourself a hole
Think about all the soothers
You can list more than a few
Exercise, art, music, nature
Read, write or sew
Learn a new skill
Or practice the old
Create a new dream
Be practical or bold
Intimate connection
Be mindful of guilt
Let go of bad feelings
Release to the past
Find peace in the present
Unpleasant moment won’t last
Move on to the next one
Find goodness again
Forgiveness will free you
Atonement releases all pain