WITH TWO SONS AS NEWLY-MINTED DOCTORS...

I CAN RE-IMAGINE 1986

ALL OVER AGAIN!!

CONGRATS TO BOTH OF MY SONS, RICHARD AND ROBB. YOU HAVE CHOSEN TOTALLY DIFFERENT FIELDS OF MEDICINE TO PURSUE (i.e., ER and Psych.) BUT EACH MATCHED VERY WELL TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES...               {Richard, we're on our way south to see you in a few days!!!}

XOXOX

SURE, WE ALL HEAR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING!

Work harder!  

       Work smarter!               Work longer!

...and, last but not least, "Work more creatively" !!!

Yet, mental resilience is so very crucial...

The 5 essential ingredients, as identified by M. Seligman, are:

·    positivity

·    a healthy lifestyle

·    meaningful work

·    upbeat social interactions

·    having a higher order purpose

CURB ALL APPLAUSE, if you will

NO HAIL TO THE HAIL!

                                                      -- poem by L.P.-G.

Good riddance

'Hale and hearty'

For what you

Brought to bay

You just pretended

'Lack of harm',

Yet HAIL

Arrived today!

Those tiny pebbles

Ran their course

While clustered in a bunch...

The words of Eliot's poem

Ring true; ... (that is),

April's a very

Cruel month !!

WISCONSIN CONSERVATIVES MADE A CRUEL VOTING DECISION...WHY?

...because they're cruel!!!

Definition of cru·el

/ˈkro͞o(ə)l/

adjective

1.   willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or simply feeling no concern about it.

SYNONYMS

brutal

savage

inhuman

barbaric

barbarous

brutish

bloodthirsty

murderous

homicidal

cutthroat

vicious

ferocious

fierce

wicked

evil

fiendish

devilish

diabolical

heinous

abominable

monstrous

atrocious

vile

hideous

ghastly

nasty

spiteful

mean

callous

sadistic

ruthless

merciless

unmerciful

pitiless

unsparing

unrelenting

remorseless

uncaring

unsympathetic

uncharitable

heartless

stony-hearted

hard-hearted

cold-hearted

cold-blooded

bloodless

unfeeling

unemotional

unkind

inhumane

severe

harsh

stern

inclement

flinty

draconian

beastly

dastardly

sanguinary

Donald Trump

AND, WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY? SEE BELOW:

RAIN LOVES APRIL, and vice versa

April Rain Song

- Poem by Langston Hughes

Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby...

The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
(And, I love the rain).