Today I am thankful for my mom who taught me that through pursuing lifelong and ongoing education, so many answers to so many questions will show themselves.

I am choosing today to not focus on the physical pain and the mental storm clouds that keep trying to show themselves. (In comes the heating pad, the Tylenol, the morning meditation, scripture reading, pet therapy with the household crazies, and a little extra cream in my coffee). 😊

Since I follow Dr. Edith Eger, Holocaust survivor, and counselor to many,….this clip below showed up on my Twitter feed today. @DrEdithEger1. Regardless of how you may feel about either of the involved here, please just take a listen. 🙏🏻

Dr. Eger’s story from my past post:

https://anintrovertsreconnection.com/2020/12/30/an-unexpected-perspective-dancing-for-her-life-%f0%9f%99%8f%f0%9f%8f%bb-%e2%9c%a8/

After having the amazing experience of visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, and actually sitting down with two survivors to ask any questions I wanted to; I’ll be forever changed in my approach to how much thought I put into displays of extremism seen almost every day in our media worldwide. Yes, I’ll always remember the glow these ladies at the Museum had in their faces. Both of them, speaking so graciously, with such a kindness and compassion that can only be described as humbling.

The holocaust survivors are almost all gone at this point, so it is with great respect that I choose to follow Dr. Edith Eger on all of her social media platforms; her words, her story, her perspective on our current extremism in the world of US politics. These are the ones I choose to learn from, not my peers who are displaying their own version of hate and discrimination, extremism, and using the church and God to supposedly support their cause. No, that’s a huge history lesson, that has thousands of years of brutal evidence to show how that all turns out.

I choose compassion. I choose to stand for those who cannot. I choose to share words from Mother Teresa, Dr. Edith Eger, and bible verses from thousands of years ago that still relate to our world today.

In the end, compassion, loving each other, and standing up for the oppressed does show itself as a necessary core value, and a deep life purpose leading to peace of mind, body, and soul.

Live, Laugh, Love with everything you’ve got, while you still can! 💜✨ Thanks so much for stopping by. I truly appreciate and value you all.