Years ago, face-to-face conversations allowed individuals to connect and determine what kind of person they were interacting with. Their personality, authenticity, compassion, political views, empathy, beliefs, even pastimes. But today, our engagement on social media has come to define us with the swipe of a finger or scroll of a
Checking your work says a lot about who you are
In fourth grade, my English teacher Mrs. Dempsey was a stickler for proper grammar. Not a surprise given the fact that by the time she was my teacher, she had already welcomed 30 years of students into her classroom. While yes, she taught me a great deal about grammar and
Mental health struggles do not discriminate in today’s society
Many of us believe that the subject of one’s mental health is only attributed to those individuals who’ve received a clinical diagnosis from a licensed professional. But the truth is that mental health issues do not discriminate, and struggles are often easily identifiable in so many of us today. According
A lack of sacrifice, compassion, is how we got to where we are
In Mitch Albom’s book The Five People You Meet in Heaven, he writes, “Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to.” A lack of sacrifice can undoubtedly be attributed to the increasing divide in our country when it comes
The Happiest Man on Earth teaches us about political hatred
I recently read a memoir by an author whose name is probably unfamiliar to you, as it was to me. The memoir’s title is The Happiest Man on Earth, written by Eddie Jaku and published when he turned 100 years old. You won’t however conclude from the title of this book