I definitely see what you're saying about the 'surrounding yourself with positive thoughts' stuff. Two Saturdays ago I volunteered at the local Soup Kitchen at Tits' urging. She was doing it with some of her work friends. Long story short, I thought it would be lame and a giant hassle, but I really took a lot away from it. Anyway, the one big thing that everyone else that was there had going for them was religion. Even the god damned homeless people were all about it. And, while believing it literally isn't something that I think I could subscribe to, having a common cause with nearly every stranger can't be a bad thing, right?
Not entirely sure what the next step is, but there's a local church group that does that type of stuff a lot. I don't really want to join a church, but maybe just a monthly feel-good task of some sort we meet up with them for a morning. Not sure, but I'll keep you posted.
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