Have you ever gotten up in the morning, looked in the mirror, and realized that this is how you felt?

Or this . . .?

I know exactly what you mean. One of the first things I do each morning is check the headlines of the day’s news. And you know it’s mostly bad news. Frequently about this guy:

Or this one . . .

Or him:

And that makes you feel kind of like this . . .

Or this . . .

Or simply this . . .

But sometimes a story will make you feel as though the whole world is out to get you, and you begin having wild, paranoid delusions, as though this . . .

Or this . . .

Or, God forbid, this . . .

. . . is watching you.

Well, if that happens, you naturally want to find a solution to the problem.

Perhaps there’s a potion:

Or you might just hide under the covers, like this smart fellow . . .

But you don’t, because you know . . .

So you think about standing up and fighting, like Tiananmen Square “Tank Man”:

Yeah . . . right. Like you’re gonna stop a tank.

Well, then, how about giving this to the world . . .

Oops — wrong fingers, Betty. But you’ve got the right idea.

And they can just kiss your . . .

But actually, what you probably need is simply this:

No, no, not that! This:

A little TLC, and a lot more sleep. That’s my prescription . . . and maybe then it won’t feel like such a bad world after all.

Sweet dreams now.

Brendochka
8/9/24