“In a study we did of bereavement, we found that rather impressive numbers of widows and widowers had not simply gone back to their pre-loss functioning, but grown. This was due to a kind of increased existential awareness that resulted from this confrontation with the death of another. And I think it brought them in touch with their own death, so they began to experience a kind of preciousness to life that comes with an experience of its transiency.” ThinkingKindFoundLossNumbersGoneStudyAwarenessDuesExistentialImpressiveBereavementConfrontationWidowsWidowers Author:Irvin D. Yalom
“There are a limited number of things we can be personal with. This understanding can bring us to pare down to what we really need, and to let go of that which we cannot hold in caring awareness. We may learn that having too much can be another form of poverty.” NeedsMayBookFormUnderstandingNumbersPovertyLearningToo MuchAwarenessLetting GoCaring Author:Gunilla Brodde Norris
“Movember is an event that I've supported for a number of years. I haven't grown a moustache myself before, but I've always donated to others. I think that raising awareness for men's health is really important. You see a lot of initiatives - very public initiatives - around women's health, like breast cancer awareness and the like, but men's health issues tend to go more unnoticed. I think this is a great cause and I'm proud to support it.” ThinkingMenYearsImportantCausesNumbersSupportIssuesAwarenessEventsHavensProudCancerBreastsInitiativeBreast CancerUnnoticedMoustacheHealth IssuesWomen's HealthRaising AwarenessCancer Awareness Author:James Magnussen
“New York has a tremendous number of people but the quality of its politics is unspeakable. By contrast, in a smaller township, I find there's a great deal of social awareness, less of a sense of powerlessness, less of a polarization of economic life.” PeopleSocialDealsNumbersQualityEconomicAwarenessNew YorkContrastUnspeakablePowerlessnessPolarizationSocial Awareness Author:Murray Bookchin