Survival: Lesson #1 It's about Good versus Evil. Or so it seems. It's actually about choices. Like selective hearing and so forth. We can pull from whatever floats in our atmosphere, our environment. Or we can just breathe, not take the choices in that second, minute, hour, day that enter into our realm. We can build a wall, a bomb shelter, wrap ourselves in barbed wire, or huddle in a cave. Metaphorically, I've done all four of them. Just like selectively, there are times everyone declares they're an empath. News for you, you're not. Most likely not. Yes, you 'got' feelings. But you're supposed to have them. And some, we have selectively groomed them in or out of our persona for our own convenience. I call it the "Chicken Little Response". Your sky may seem like it's falling, but not every time. The clouds may hover for you. So you think and then bingo! Just like that, they pass. The news outlets we could blame for doing that to us. Ho
...A Little Something about "Old People". Or people who seem elderly... Last night Biden was sharp. When I was first married near 40 years ago, my husband's elders, one being 92 was arthritic. However, everyone sat circled around him and asked his advice on money and real estate. Wise he was. I've had clients who were driving and living on their own, being activists in their city and so forth and taking care of disabled children into their 90s. My grandmother who was born poor from gypsies, no shoes till about age 7. Worked as a cashier into her mid eighties, too became a minister in her sixties. Taught herself Spanish when a future relatives family spoke only Spanish. She walked or took the bus to nursing homes and helped elder residents have some type of mass, and they received communion from her. I took a retired 94 yr old Detective I've known for over 30 years out to eat. Basically, after a three course dinner with her, four hours later of heavy discus