Bricks
To paraphrase David Brinkley, resilience is laying a firm foundation with the bricks that have been thrown at you. Sign Up: Daily Message with Your Wellbeing in Mind
Read MoreOur heartfelt gratitude to: Medical heroes, essential workers, those of you socially distancing to prevent the spread. Our heartfelt concern to those: Who are ill or have loved ones ill; who are out working on our behalf but must isolate from loved ones to protect them; whose financial or professional lives were precarious before the pandemic, or those who have just had them upended; who are lonely. We are grateful. And we care. Sign Up:
Read MoreI do believe that people want to feel they are doing good in the world.
Some are helping tremendously, but in doing so, put their health at great risk: medical personnel and other essential workers.
Others help us all by sheltering, but now find their economic security at risk.
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“Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it’s a cha-cha.”
~Robert Brault
Read MoreTussen Kunsten Quarantine in the Netherlands, which translated is Between Art and Quarantine, put out an Instagram request for replications of art. Other galleries around the world have picked up on the trend. Here are some great examples and the websites where I found them. Have fun!
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“What we’re talking about is getting to know fear, becoming familiar with fear, looking it right in the eye—not as a way to solve problems, but as a complete undoing of old ways of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and thinking. The truth is that when we really begin to do this, we’re going to be continually humbled.”
When Things Fall Apart
Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chödrön
pages 2–3
“Like tiny seeds with potent power to push through tough ground and become mighty trees, we hold innate reserves of unimaginable strength. We are resilient.” ~Catherine DeVrye, The Gift of Nature
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