Thoughts about unprecedented times …
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Unprecedented …
… never done or known before
… and perhaps the “word of the year” for 2020?
Thoughts about appreciation …
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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
~ John F. Kennedy
Happy New Year ….
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2020 has begun. A new decade. And yet, it is just a another day. But a brand new one. A day that starts a brand new year. A day that is as significant (or insignificant) as YOU make it.
What makes new year significant for you?
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Dealing with anxiety …
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In the 21st Century, a common theme for everyone is anxiety. We are anxious about change, about the future, about ourselves, about others. It seems unavoidable. But … there is hope …
Thoughts about happiness …
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Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.
~ J. Donald Walters
The danger of loneliness …
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“Feeling lonely can pose a bigger risk for premature death than smoking or obesity”
(Holt-Lunstad, 2010).
Loneliness can be associated with poorer cardiovascular health and, in old age, a faster rate of cognitive decline and dementia. Loneliness has become a health issue.
The two age groups most affected by this may surprise you.
Thoughts about sharing …
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If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will …
Thoughts about friendship …
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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
~ Marcel Proust
Are you OK?
It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn’t heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore’s stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.