Today is World Mental Health Day, according to SAMHSA.gov. I just found out about this in my e-mail this morning, and I don't know if I'm supposed to rush out to get a "Happy World Mental Health Day" card, or throw a "Happy World Mental Health Day" party. I do know that I'm at Recovery Connections, which means I better be doing mental health recovery-related stuff, which is a good thing. I'm ok with that.

Today is also Columbus Day, which means that the mailman isn't coming today, and that I'm coming across a holiday I purposely don't celebrate.

From what I understand of Christopher Columbus, he was a murderer of Native Americans, and celebrating him would be like Jews celebrating the birth of Adolf Hitler - it's just not "kosher". I'm half Sioux Indian and half Greek, but I'm fully angry about that. I'm not sure what positive thing I would do to channel the anger just yet.

Maybe I should just focus my energy on World Mental Health Day, and maybe I'll improve my personal mental health in the process, and maybe be able to help folks who are struggling too. After all, mental health is something that everyone has to deal with, no matter what religion, race, creed, sexual orientation or whatever form of "other-ness" society tags people with.  No matter who you are, good mental health is important.  It makes life easier to deal with.

I think I'll do that, keep the main thing the main thing, and do what I can to help improve mental health in my community.