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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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