November 2020

By Jenny Taitz Smarter Living That is a question many of us are asking ourselves these days. But there is room for hope! And even when pursuing hope feels unnatural, finding it can be liberating. Maintaining hope when facing challenges predicts both emotional and physical resilience, while hopelessness, or the combination of experiencing negative life events and believing you’re powerless, fuels depression.…

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This morning (it is now about 10 am) I opened my main email and counted 112 new messages. Of the first 50, 30 were urging me to buy something. Clothing, books, office products, furniture, food, whatnots, coffee, shoes, fruitcake, jackets and coats, sweaters, boots, pots and pans, memberships, services, and of course, Black Friday everything.…

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Just for today, I will not be angry. Just for today, I will not worry. Just for today, I will be grateful. Just for today, I will do my work honestly. Just for today, I will be kind to others. Coralia Rocha

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BY DANIEL MENDELSOHN  NOV 17, 2020 “I concede nothing.” With those three words, tweeted out nearly two weeks after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, which handed him a decisive electoral and popular defeat, Donald Trump took his place in one of the longest and most distinguished traditions that history offers: the sore loser. But if history and…

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Last night, I wanted something but it was too late to go anywhere and I wasn’t sure what I wanted anyway. I looked in my crowded fridge for something, anything appealing. Nothing. Cake? Too much work. Pie? Really too much work. Candy? Not in the mood. Ice cream? I want warm, or at least room…

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