The new picture-book It's OK: Being Kind to Yourself When Things Feel Hard is far from deep literature – it's preachy and obvious – and that's totally all right! The lesson it teaches is vital. When something happens that's stressful or sad, hurtful or bad:

... great wisdom, even if not great poetry. (And the artwork is sweet!)

_{(It's OK: Being Kind to Yourself When Things Feel Hard, by Wendy O'Leary, illustrator Sandra Eide (Shambhala Publications, 2023); cf Positive Thinking Techniques (2017-09-21), See the Good in Others (2018-01-02), For Positive Thinking (2022-02-07), Life Is Hard, and It's OK (2022-03-04), Lessons on Relieving Anxiety (2022-11-11), ...) - ^z - 2023-07-14}