Magnificence of ARCHIE WILLIAMS’ Story of Faith, Hope, Resilience and Not Letting The Sun Go Down
Practices of keeping the faith and hope alive and well are key to getting through the pandemic. I was stunned and amazed when I saw a video clip of Archie Williams's singing Elton John's song, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on me" in America's Got Talent (May, 2020) episode.
Grounding Strategies When You are Struggling to Eat, Pray or Love
This year, 2020, has been a year characterized by experiences of groundlessness or crises for many people : a year of losses upon losses, hunger crises, job loss, political turmoil and COVID-19 surges upon surges that "test the mind, body and soul". I am going to revisit the concepts from
Invitation to Readers: Celebrate and Honor Heroes and She-roes
Dear Readers: This is an open invitation to share, celebrate and honor the she-roes and heroes in your life. This is the follow up on my post on Heroes and She-roes in the Pandemic. There are countless everyday heroes and she-roes in this pandemic. Some are known and honored in
Heroes and She-roes in the Pandemic
The year 2020 highlights Charles Dicken's astute observation of duality of human experiences: "best of times" (heroes and she-roes in the pandemic) and "worst of times" (multiple COVID-19 surges, unbearable losses of human life, strained health care system, attacks on science and medicine which guide public policy, political turmoil, economic
Endurance: Psychological and Spiritual Reflections
An Exhausted WorldThe theme of exhaustion (physical, psychological and spiritual) seems a key theme in people's conversations during this holiday season of the pandemic. I feel the exhaustion too, body, mind and spirit. Dr. Paul Thagard describes COVID fatigue as people experiencing a range of emotions, such as, sadness, loneliness,
Grief, Loss and Letting Go
Many LossesThis pandemic has been the year of grief, loss and letting go. There has been tremendous losses of lives due to COVID-19 and grief for their loved ones. Losses of fathers, mothers, children, brothers, sisters, grandparents and aunts. There is also shutting down of academic institutions, with a generation