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The Gifts Of One Another...Giving and Receiving Key for the One and the Many

on Sat, 05/13/2023 - 12:44

To The Editor: (This was in the 12/15/22 issue of The Lakeville Journal of CT)

The ongoing festive events to celebrate family, community and care around the world with gatherings and gifts is something we can carry into the coming years. The gift of every life as evolving into wiser, more caring beings is shared by many traditions and more help online and hopefully in our communities.
 
The digital divide is closing in ways due to cell phone coverage.

Pulling Together For Success (Letter to the Editor, Lakeville Journal of CT, April '23)

on Sat, 05/13/2023 - 12:39
To the Editor:
 
Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty by America, asserts in an Apple Podcast that the systems to provide help to elderly or low-income family are poorly designed and not readily supported or easy to use for many who need that help.
 
 About 1 in 5 people do not get one or more kinds of help who qualify for aid and funds (TANF--Temporary Aid to Needy Families) from the government for food, monetary support, insurance, tax credits, disability and more.

 Some people need practical support to access programs, fill out paperwork or forms on a laptop or even on an iPhone or

Gardens Of Possibilities (and Time to Dig Into Those as we're on the clock...)

on Sat, 05/13/2023 - 12:35
With spring and today's world supporting movement and growth on many levels, the time to explore possibilities to address 'needs and wants' as well as pressures and problems in creative ways is upon us. One example is a news story about the Yellowstone series which has run  at an exorbitant yet profitable cost.  The director/writer owns a ranch with Paramount which pays to use it for a set as well.
 
 A quick scan of Apple news and a listen on Clubhouse on an iPhone also revealed that the need to raise the debt limit so America can still pay bills.

Tough Topics to Keep in Mind and Review for Oneself and Check in with others about as is safe, especially anyone with kids or in a relationship

on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 17:34

https://youtu.be/XPAG3I8P34k 

I'll put this on livfully.org but hope some can skim thru and take a note or two...
Important to learn more about difficult topics and widespread realities many are facing
on many levels...the slights take away someone rights, lead to fights and ruin days and nights.
Why not turn things around in our own hearts and minds (and lots of support to do that
with online help such as accessconsciousness.com and advocacy such as duluthmodel.org and
hopefully with real help (and sadly that's not often found from the professionals so doublecheck
so one is not put in a 'double

Serious Simple Ideas to Talk Shop About Safety and Preventing Abuse by Catherine Palmer Paton

on Tue, 04/25/2023 - 15:27

I plan to post this on Livfully.org so hope that's helpful...and pace the readings since it's a lot. Maybe take notes too.
There won't be a quiz but Life Is Full of Such Ups and Downs and All-arounds maybe at some point 
for you and others in your community. Let's Dare to Care and Share Info and prevent problems from piling up!

This post was inspired by a tweet I read from See more on LifeChangePlans.com "It's  Post Separation Legal Abuse Not Conflict".. about a woman (in England I think but  also involved Spain)  who kept getting the 'go-around' from a man she lived with who had supported her

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