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Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a real concern that we should all take seriously, especially for people living with diabetes. However, the CDC and other health organizations agree: the best way to combat coronavirus is to be prepared, not panicked.
How to Prepare for Coronavirus with DiabetesTake care of yourself, reduce your risk, and protect others by doing the following:
What You Need to Know about Diabetes and the Coronavirus (Diatribe)
Coronavirus and Diabetes - What You Should Know(Beyond Type 1)
Coronavirus and Older adults: What to Know and How to Prepare (CNN)
What to Buy if You're Quarantined at Home During the Coronavirus Pandemic (Business Insider)
How to Disinfect Your Space on an Airplane (New York Times)
Coronavirus Live Updates (NBC)
Be smart. Be safe. Take care of yourself and take care of each other.
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Learning from walking in another person's shoes!
A Brief Story of Kindness
A poor boy was selling goods from one door to another to pay for his studies. One day he found that he had only one dime left, and he was hungry. While approaching the next house, he decided to ask for a meal. But when a young woman has opened the door, he only dared to ask for a glass of water. She looked at him and understood that probably the boy is hungry. So she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it and then asked how much he owed her. The woman replied: "You donโt own me anything. Mother taught us never to accept pay for a kindnessโ. "Then I thank you from the bottom of my heartโ, he said. Now, he felt stronger not only physically, but his faith in God had grown as well. The boy's name was Howard Kelly.
Many years have passed. One day that woman became seriously ill. Local doctors could not help her. Therefore they sent her to a big city, where her rare disease would be studied by specialists. Dr Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he entered her room in the hospital, he immediately recognized the woman as the one who had shown kindness to him when he was poor. So moved was he, the doctor was determined to do his best to help her recover from her disease.
The struggle was long, but together they managed to overcome her illness. After some time, the woman received a bill for her treatment. She was worried that the amount to pay would be so significant, that it would take the rest of her life to pay for it. Finally, when the woman looked at the bill, she noticed words that were written on the side of the bill. The words were: "Paid in full with a glass of milk!"
Making the Most of Life Experiences
If you ask anyone what the purpose of life is, youโll likely receive wildly different responses. The answer to this question is subjective and deeply personal. Different things are important to us throughout the course of our lives. Yet one thing stays with us no matter where we go: our experiences.
Finding ways to make the most of our experiences is a challenge that we face every day. As humans we ascribe value to the things we do, and itโs understandable. We like to feel that what we are doing has purpose. Itโs important to find fulfillment in our relationships and careers. Cultivate your friendships and find company cultures that fulfill you. It's from those experiences in life that we learn and grow. In this process of pursuing what we love, we can learn valuable lessons about ourselves and the world around us.
The values we live by are worth more when we pass them on.
We choose values we hope most individuals would find encouraging and relevant. Then we provide an uplifting message based on each value, in an effort to encourage people to bring out the best in themselves.
As a nonpartisan, nonsectarian organization, we carefully design our public service messages to have general universal appeal.
The Foundation's small staff works with a network of writers, art directors and production professionals. These individuals represent a wide range of ideals, viewpoints and cultural backgrounds. Their diversity reinforces the idea that values can serve as common ground for all.
As a nonprofit organization offering public service announcements, we receive the generous support of air time and media space from many TV, radio and billboard companies. The Foundation does not pay for air time or media space, but rather benefits from donated media space which allows these messages to be seen and heard around the world.
My favorite public service notices on Television!
Best public service ads ever: https://www.passiton.com/who-we-are
Concert
Based on a true story, this poignant moment in a concert hall reminds us how even the most embarrassing situations can be turned around with a little patience and Encouragement.
Link:
https://www.passiton.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/100-concert/
Life Experience Story
A gentleman was walking through an elephant camp, and he spotted that the elephants werenโt being kept in cages or held by the use of chains.
All that was holding them back from escaping the camp, was a small piece of rope tied to one of their legs.
As the man gazed upon the elephants, he was completely confused as to why the elephants didnโt just use their strength to break the rope and escape the camp. They could easily have done so, but instead, they didnโt try to at all.
Curious and wanting to know the answer, he asked a trainer nearby why the elephants were just standing there and never tried to escape.
The trainer replied;
โwhen they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, itโs enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.โ
The only reason that the elephants werenโt breaking free and escaping from the camp was that over time they adopted the belief that it just wasnโt possible.
Moral of the story:
No matter how much the world tries to hold you back, always continue with the belief that what you want to achieve is possible. Believing you can become successful is the most important step in actually achieving it.
@DaveMcK wrote:
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Here's my sentence:
That whippersnapper is a nincompoop who doesn't know his doohickey from a whatnot!
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