As you know, I just so admire the resilience of people who can work with chronic illness and addiction in the way that you do. I don't think that happiness is a panacea for all ills, but I strongly believe that resilience is a powerful force that we can harness for our own good and for that of others.
A school in the UK is introducing weekly one hour sessions in what I would call resilience, but some sections of the media are deriding as happiness. The curriculum is all about helping young people to develop resilience to cope with everything that is happening to them and around them - I think that something like this is long overdue. However, people who aren't interested in the actual curriculum dismiss it as 'positive thinking' and happy-clappy attitudes.
Strictly speaking, the Hearts and Minds Age is really a risk-adjusted assessment of allostatic age, but that really isn't catchy enough. And it would be a seriously weird thing to ask your Best Beloved. I hope that after all your recent incidents (like the shooting of a colleague) and also giving up your teaching load, that the quality of life has improved, both for your Best Beloved and for you.
tonyplant
June 4, 2006 - 12:19Hi Keith,
As you know, I just so admire the resilience of people who can work with chronic illness and addiction in the way that you do. I don't think that happiness is a panacea for all ills, but I strongly believe that resilience is a powerful force that we can harness for our own good and for that of others.
A school in the UK is introducing weekly one hour sessions in what I would call resilience, but some sections of the media are deriding as happiness. The curriculum is all about helping young people to develop resilience to cope with everything that is happening to them and around them - I think that something like this is long overdue. However, people who aren't interested in the actual curriculum dismiss it as 'positive thinking' and happy-clappy attitudes.
Strictly speaking, the Hearts and Minds Age is really a risk-adjusted assessment of allostatic age, but that really isn't catchy enough. And it would be a seriously weird thing to ask your Best Beloved. I hope that after all your recent incidents (like the shooting of a colleague) and also giving up your teaching load, that the quality of life has improved, both for your Best Beloved and for you.
Best - Tony Happystance
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