Emotional Well-being Gifts

Injured heart.

I thought we'd look at reducing your medication and replacing it with eight hugs a day before and after meals.

"I had prepared our retirement for an economic depression, but not an emotional one!"

'I'm prescribing a ticket for a feel-good movie of the year.'

'You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy, when skies are gray...'

'I see. So what you're saying is that you woke up this morning and your woman had done left you.'

"...There just aren't many emotions that are socially 'correct' for men to express publicly."

I miss...

"Remember, loneliness is being alone in bad company. "

A psychiatrist breaks down crying in front of his patient.

'I'm shaking a bit!'

False joviality.

'I'm looking for something to change my life from quiet desperation to utter jubilation.'

Dark cloud envy.

Repression (Laughing outside, crying inside).

"Lately I've been feeling so alone"

'Gracious, it's gone time for my anti-depressant pill!'

Let Go Once in a While

Emotional Baggage Carousel. (Women waiting for bags appear angry and upset.)

"Kids, the only reason I never talk about your mother is because I care about your feelings. Losing Rosa in that car wreck was awful...I wanted to protect you from those painful memories."

'It's so typical of a man to bottle his problems up.'

"If this is the conflict resolution hotline, why are you ticking me off?"

"How are you REALLY doing, Hal? And please, spare me the 'Fine' crap-ola, OK?"

"The mood swings have improved, but this wind-chill factor is something new."

Unsmiley face at the psychiatrist...

I'm not listening.

Mission to Mars. Astronaut Candidate Interviews. You think you'd be a good morale officer? The voyage to Mars and back is 100 million miles. I turn "miles" into "smiles"!

"I understand your feelings, dear, but don't you think that Jane Pauley would just as soon see you keep your strength up?"

I have to get the Positive Thinker...

A nun cries

"More powerful than a locomotive...yes, but emotionally fragile."

Bipolar bears.

"Please scream inside your heart"

"The good news is your responsible for your own happiness." "Ooof! That's a lot of pressure!"

How are you feeling, Al? I couldn't be happier, Dr. Kapuchnik. Gee, that's great. No, I mean I wanted to be happier, but I couldn't.