by Susan Gabriel | Mar 28, 2020 | Resilience Dispatch
Laughter builds resilience. Not that there is much to laugh about these days if you watch the news, but I think it’s important to try. Watch funny movies, read cartoons, joke with your friends on FaceTime or Zoom. Or have a belly laugh all by yourself. You will have...
by Susan Gabriel | Mar 27, 2020 | Resilience Dispatch
Do you ever get a song stuck in your head? I keep hearing Alison Krauss singing Down to the River to Pray (from the movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou?). No matter what our spiritual beliefs, if any, if you’re like me this song will grab you by the heart. The song also...
by Susan Gabriel | Mar 26, 2020 | Resilience Dispatch
Why do you read books? What would life be like if you didn’t? For some of us it seems the perfect time to get to that stack of books we haven’t read yet, and how fortunate we are to even have such an abundance of books! Gary Paulsen, award-winning American writer of...
by Susan Gabriel | Mar 25, 2020 | Resilience Dispatch
In the New York Times this morning, I found this lovely cartoon that captures what many of us are going through. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Alas, sometimes I wish I could draw like illustrator, Gracey Zhang. If you’re in the mood to...
by Susan Gabriel | Mar 24, 2020 | Resilience Dispatch
Like you, I didn’t see this coming. I thought my life would go along as planned. I would write my next book, go out with friends, socialize in groups, spend time in my beloved local coffee shop, etc. It didn’t occur to me that a Coronavirus would appear and make all...
