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Reality Check √… Healthy Answers
On Living And Loving Life: ‘This Too Shall Pass’
By Dale Brown, B.S., M.A., I think of her words now as we struggle to deal with a wake-up call, or, more appropriately from my column’s
C.E.C. Dale is a motivational the new “normal.” There will be changes that emerge tag line, a reality check.
speaker who has spent many from these dire events and modifications in the way we If you allow yourself to give into fear and see only the
years as a certified life coach do things. We might not like the new normal at first but bad in any situation, it will bring you down and take the
and has written numerous life-altering incidents bring about change, whether we wind out of your sails. Try to look at these challenging
articles and e-books relating like it or not. Even now, through this transition, you can times as a way to make changes in yourself – not just
to self-improvement and ways begin to see some good things happening. Families are the environment. Transformation can be difficult, and
to build a high-performance spending more time together and actually sitting down to it sometimes seems there is no light at the end of the
team. Her education and dinner. A friend told me that she has taken time to get to tunnel. If you can embrace this period of hardship, the
years of experience in know and understand her son like never before. Without end result could bring forth a better world than the one
physical fitness and training this pause it would never have happened. we are now living in. It could also be the transition you
of elite athletes has enabled It’s as if the world has stopped. The pulse is still need to change your own life for the better.
her to sharpen her knowledge in many health-related areas. beating but to a different drum; one that forces us to For personal reasons, I moved to Florida in the late
The following is one in a series of columns devoted to many slow down and take stock of what matters. Even with the ’90s, during a recession. Jobs were scarce and didn’t
topics that deal with the mind/body connection and the distancing and stay-at-home orders, people have reached pay well. I was supporting myself and thought I was at
importance of living a healthy lifestyle. Dale, a Bocaire out to family and friends more often now, albeit virtually. the end of my career. Rather than feel sorry for myself,
resident, can be reached at dalebrown@lovingmondays.com. Since we have nothing but time and nowhere to go, we I persevered through rejection after rejection until I was
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” You can tap our creativity and/or productivity. offered an entry level position at a home-based childcare
may recognize this quote as being the first two lines from A friend is back to her life’s passion of abstract corporation. The job was low paying but I was happy
A Tale of Two Cities, a novel written by Charles Dickens painting, my husband practices his saxophone daily and to be on payroll. I was willing to start from scratch and
in 1859. The words came to my mind as a parallel to the is perfecting his musical ability. I’m organizing my many work my way up the ladder. That I did, and years later I
current events of our country. Although the setting for the years of writing articles into a book. This project has rose to the level of vice president. I traveled the world,
book is much different, it’s the dichotomy between light given me purpose and may hopefully live on after I’m setting up schools, training staff, and overseeing franchise
and dark that we have in common with this poignant book. gone. Many folks are learning to cook for the first time operations. It was a position I could never have imagined,
The worst of times is easy to see, right before our in their adult life. It’s a great time to try new recipes and but one I loved every minute of every day.
eyes. We are in the midst of a global pandemic, the likes find satisfaction in knowing you can prepare meals that Transitions move us forward to find a way to make
of which has taken too many lives and left the living taste good too! life better for future generations. Instead of burying your
trying to adjust to wearing masks and social distancing. The planet has also found relief from the proliferation head and avoiding the pain, hold your head high and keep
The most recent event of police brutality has contributed and abuse of human kind. India saw blue skies for the first trucking. The rain will stop, the clouds will open up to a
further to people’s anguish, where peaceful protests have time in years, pollution cleared the air in China so people whole new day of sunshine. When it does, it will guide
led to more violence. The country is exhausted. It’s tired could breathe, and Venice canals spawned jellyfish which us to a different approach to living and lead us to finding
of disunity, tired of political divisiveness, and tired of had long disappeared. It’s as though we’ve all been given our own change and growth along the way.
feeling a loss of control. It’s as if the life we once knew
is slipping through our fingers and we find ourselves
Yet, amidst this chaos and confusion, there is good Cyndi Bloom Receives Florida
rendered helpless.
news to be celebrated. America launched SpaceX’s first
made this so remarkable is the fact that it was the first Library Association Award As
historic mission, which came off without a hitch. What
human manned spacecraft to leave United States soil since
seem futuristic now, but space travel may soon become Outstanding Citizen
2011 without the use of Russian space rockets. It may
a much sought-after travel destination.
If these are not the very best of times now, they may be Cyndi Bloom, through her support of outreach, cultural programs
forthcoming. When I was growing up my mother was our president of the and collaborative projects with community leaders.
Pollyanna (the forever optimist). If something happened Friends of the Boca Most recently, Cyndi and the Board helped to secure
to make me sad or discouraged, she would say, “Don’t Raton Public Library $77,000 for the new mobile library van to provide
worry, something good always comes out of something from 2014 to 2020, library materials, resources and services to residents
bad.” Of course, as a kid you can’t see that far ahead, has received the without access to traditional library buildings.
and breaking up with your childhood sweetheart could Outstanding Citizen Ellen Randolph, manager of Library Services,
be devastating at the time. Yet, you live and learn this, Award for Friends, notes, “We are grateful for Cyndi’s support and the
too, shall pass and there are better times ahead. Foundations and Board’s continuous funding of programs such as the
Boards from the Florida Summer Reading Initiative, book clubs for tweens and
Library Association. This award recognizes Cyndi teens, 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten, the Family
for her leadership and advocacy, which resulted in Book Club Brunch, and much more. This ongoing
increased library awareness and funding to better serve support has been due in large part to Cyndi’s ability to
the community. attract and keep talented, committed Board members
During her six years as Board president, Cyndi who not only run the bookstore efficiently, bring in
was instrumental in raising over $250,000 to enhance quality programs, and support literacy and education
library programs and offerings, including a digital goals, but also provide energy and enthusiasm to our
media lab, online learning resources, and early and partnership.”
youth literacy programs. For more information about the Friends of the Boca
Her commitment to the library’s mission is evident Raton Public Library, visit www.bocalibraryfriends.org.
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