Enjoying the journey, including age mix-ups and misjudgements

Enjoying the journey, including age mix-ups and misjudgements

Have you ever encountered a circumstance that totally alters your view of yourself, challenges your existing beliefs, and causes you to reevaluate your understanding of yourself and your place in the world?

It happened to me a few weeks ago, not once, but twice.

The first incident occurred at a fast-casual restaurant. I was eating lunch, reading my Kindle, seated next to a young mom with an infant in a carriage and a three-year-old boy.

I watched as the three-year-old tried to scoop up Mexican rice with a tortilla chip.  The infant began to fuss and then cried loudly.

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Building resilience in uncertain times

Building resilience in uncertain times

For many of us, uncertainty is at an all-time high. Well, at least for me.

Whether one is feeling the unpredictability of politics, economic instability, global tensions, or situations affecting us in our own backyard, I sense an overarching tension as I talk to others. In fact, I just felt tense writing this paragraph.

I wonder how much these feelings have to do with media consumption. We are bombarded with news and opinions from so many sources, and it is exhausting.

It makes me yearn for the days of the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.

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