Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Today is the 22nd day of the 3rd month, the second day of Holy Week and the 82nd day of 2016. It is the earliest day on which Easter Sunday can fall (which last happened in 1818, and will not happen again until 2285). Just for the record, April 25 is the latest date for Easter Sunday. Today is.:
Today, after tweeting an article about retirement, I have been thinking about hope. In the WSJ this morning [there may be a paywall to that link], I read that hope is made up of four components as per Anthony Scioli, a professor of psychology:
Mastery, or empowerment, is a feeling of being strong and capable—and of having people you admire and people who validate your strengths
Survival has two features—a belief that you aren’t trapped in a bad situation and have a way out, and an ability to hold on to positive thoughts and feelings even while processing something negative
Spirituality is a belief in something larger than yourself
Do I have hope? Do you? What does it mean if you or I do not have an answer to that question?