“Peace is not merely the absence of conflict. It’s a state of harmony, understanding, and cooperation. Peace is not passive. It requires active engagement and dialogue. It’s about respecting diversity and seeking nonviolent solutions to conflict. Peace is not achieved overnight. It requires patience, empathy, and willingness to listen to different perspectives.…
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Despite the many challenges we continue to face – wars in Ukraine and Gaza, our warming planet, the public health crisis of gun violence, and attacks that threaten to undermine our democracy – I still believe in hope! Hope in Who We Can Be!
Rereading one of my favorite…
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On September 21, I received a thank you note in honor of the International Day of Peace. This note was from a member of the American Friends of the Parents Circle, a Families Forum of Palestinian and Israeli Bereaved Families for Peace*. I had begun monthly donations…
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How can embracing a growth mindset help us pursue the vision of a world that “tilts toward freedom, toward peace, toward an international community capable of rising to the challenges of its time?” That vision was articulated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his speech at the Johns Hopkins School of…
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Carol Dweck, Ph.D. explored the concept of mindset in her powerful 2006 book, Mindset, The New Psychology of Success. Alia Crum, Ph.D., one of Dweck’s colleagues at Stanford, defines mindset as “a mental frame or lens that selectively organizes and encodes information.”
I recently…
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Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks, Time Management for Mortals, recently wrote a guest essay for the New York Times titled, “Stop Multitasking, No Really – Just Stop It.”
Last year I read Four Thousand Weeks, so I was not surprised by Burkeman’s challenge.…
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