https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/learning/how-do-you-deal-with-boredom.html

If kids don’t figure this out early on, they’re in for a nasty surprise. School, let’s face it, can be dull, and it isn’t actually the teacher’s job to entertain as well as educate. Life isn’t meant to be an endless parade of amusements. “That’s right,” a mother says to her daughter in Maria Semple’s 2012 novel, “Where’d You Go, Bernadette.” “You are bored. And I’m going to let you in on a little secret about life. You think it’s boring now? Well, it only gets more boring. The sooner you learn it’s on you to make life interesting, the better

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/opinion/george-floyd-protests.html

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It is the kind that makes a child think to write a parent’s phone number on their skin when they sense trouble brewing, just in case.

This is also violence.

Indeed, America is not only the progenitor of this type of violence, but it sadly responds most to violence. That’s when people pay attention, that’s when the ears perk up, that’s when the news crews come.

During the Civil Rights Movement, the protesters practiced nonviolence, but they were regularly met with violence, and it was that violence that spurred action.

I hope that you will come back o Sarah dear

Our love was not quite perfect though sincere

You told me that you used to have red hair

Wild and curly fierce like Cardiff air

You like to hear my stories mostly you like poems.

You talk of Dylan Thomas,..mention rhymes

I’ll read you my own poem about my pen

You like the rhymes well hidden there again.

Sarah you have asked me where to die

The hospital is calm I quietly sighed

The ruling politicians bring us shame

Ignoring all the suffering of the poor.

England is a goldmine in their games.

They want to be in Vogue,is there a cure?

Truss cannot be trusted for 2 days

Boris Johnson is a clown and boor

I never thought I’d long long for Theresa May.

The House of Commons is a house of whores

https://whatsyourgrief.com/grieving-someone-you-didnt-like/

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This is a rarely mentioned topic.

We may be feeling distressed because we hoped that our relationship would get better but if they’re die before that happens that can be very sad.

This sort of relationship seems more common in siblings and other family connections it can be extremely painful

Perhaps you dud once h

ave have a good relationship

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/well/mind/mindfulness-practice-doomscrolling.amp.html

Allow yourself to feel emotions too.

If you try to avoid your feelings, they will get more intense, said Melanie Harned, a psychologist with the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and the author of “Treating Trauma in Dialectical Behavior Therapy.” When you’re emotionally affected by a news story, take a moment to notice what you’re thinking, doing and feeling in your body. Choose what would be most helpful in the moment — whether that’s creating a window to feel your emotions for a few minutes, without trying to change them, or, if you’re in the middle of a pressing task, plan to revisit painful news at a time you can grieve.

One way to improve your ability to sit with emotions is to remember that they can quickly fluctuate. An exercise that helps my clients to stop worrying about getting stuck in their feelings is to watch several br

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/well/mind/anticipation-happiness.html

Anticipating a smattering of small, delightful experiences can be as enjoyable as looking forward to one big event, said Carrie L. Wyland, a social psychologist at Tulane University in New Orleans.