Awakening

The world is certainly in a turmoil these days around the economy. It's effecting everyone but especially people over age 60 who are thinking about retirement. I work with a woman who has been in a huge fear and panic state as her life savings diminished overnight. She is barely coping and the loss seems paramount to a disaster while other people who are upset, seem to be coping more easily.

Emily Post wrote in the 1920s about caring for the grieving. Offer them small bites of food. Don’t ask if they want to eat; they’ll always say no. Provide a warm blanket while they sit and stare or weep. And listen. Listen.

I am not a TV watcher, and in fact my small set usually lives happily in the garage, but last week I dusted it off and re-instated it to a prominent position in my living room where I was glued to the Olympics every night way past my bedtime.

Although watching team sports has always bored me, I am mesmerized watching gymnastics and diving. There is something captivating about the ability one person has to manipulate their body into incredible positions and feats of epic proportions.