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“One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn’t exist…..Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist” ― Stephen Hawking

Loremartis

“One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn’t exist…..Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist” ― Stephen Hawking

The Record Player

I was inspired to think about the records we have by an article in the Globe and Mail written by a young woman from British Colombia.  She and her husband have found time during lockdown to sort through and listen to their parents’ collections of vinyl…

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Nightmare

I am aware that most people have nightmares every once in a while, and some even have recurring ones. Over the years I have encountered a specific anxiety and bad dreams in my clients especially around the holidays. This phenomenon occurs in every culture around their major holidays…

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The One

Almost 55 years ago, my husband of 54 years took one look at a young woman who pushed ahead of him in the cafeteria of the Weizmann Institute and said to himself “This is the one.” …

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International Women’s Day

A student in grade 8 in one of the public schools in India created this drawing in response to his father who claimed his wife does not work. The drawing contains all the tasks his mother performs while she is “not working”. It became the cover poster for the Indian government’s 2021 report on gender equality…

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Can Light Measure Mood?

We woke up to a dull morning, after some rain during the night.  As I was making our morning salad, the sun came out and a big smile lit my face.  I declared, “The sun is out, I am already in a good mood” to which my husband stated “Light cannot measure mood”.  That was all I needed as a challenge…

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Freedom to Celebrate Resilience

How can each person deal with the layers of complexity and chaos in our global society?  We are dealing with a phenomenon that is affecting us globally, however we each live in a different part of the globe, in countries and even regions of countries that are affected somewhat differently, and the leaders of each place choose to deal with the problem and its consequences in different ways…

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