Another season of HateHate is a strong word and, like love, it is used too often, casually in everyday conversation. “I hate the heat; I love the beach.” But this summer, perhaps more than any other, hate is felt for “the other side”, those people who do not agree with our beliefs and our set of values.
We as a nation are so divided, it’s makes you question what happened to our American pledge of allegiance, “one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." |
How old are you, really? I am asked that question infrequently now, and usually by someone who has not yet learned they should never ask a woman how old she is, after a certain age. Personally, I don’t mind all that much, but the truth is sometimes, well sometimes, I lie. If and when I do reveal my chronological age, I am usually met with disbelief, so why bother? Telling your birthday, like your weight, should not be common knowledge. And besides, there is the disturbing prevalence of “ageism”, just as harmful as racism and all the other societal “isms”.
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How to be Resillient I like that word, resilient, the way it rolls off my tongue. Although resiliency is not a word commonly used, the definition is closely related to the more familiar yoga-like principles of staying flexible and pliable and bending deeply.
This topic of resiliency is, in fact, becoming more popular. Just recently it has been explored with some depth in a series of published articles in The New York Times, looking at how do we build the resilience necessary to weather setbacks and navigate life’s volatility. |