We have become fractured and therefore injured and alone , I truly believe this is the dis ease hurting us most . Connection and understanding have a lot of strength.
This is a sad story but I’m intrigued that she was writing on your return. I wonder what about….
See Vivek Murthy’s book Connection. Chief General surgeon in the US - he realised that that in his role as head Dr for the US he needed to fix the lack of connection as this was the route to so much ill health and suffering - in fact it is the number one cause of illness in the western world.
It sounds like this moment of connection resuscitated you both, or am I reading into it?Perhaps in different ways—you, through thoughtful reflection. The woman, through being seen, respected. Dignity restored.
Here in Seattle, low-income and homeless people sell Real Change, a newspaper that focuses on issues related to homelessness. These salespeople stake out places to sell—in front of supermarkets being a prime location though any place with a large walking population works. As part of my regular routine, I would buy copies of the newspaper from three people—knew them by name and one of them, who had a dog, had also shared some of history with me. But the pandemic changed everybody's routines so those three people no longer sell papers in their usual places. I don't know where they are or how they might be doing. I've asked around but I've only heard that the man with the dog left for another city.
Yes we have a similar thing in London, a newspaper-magazine called The Big Issue, and also similarly covid changed everything. The other problem adding to it all is the steady disappearance of cash.
We have become fractured and therefore injured and alone , I truly believe this is the dis ease hurting us most . Connection and understanding have a lot of strength.
Agree x
Yes, the cashlessness culture hurts people in largely unacknowledged ways.
This is a sad story but I’m intrigued that she was writing on your return. I wonder what about….
See Vivek Murthy’s book Connection. Chief General surgeon in the US - he realised that that in his role as head Dr for the US he needed to fix the lack of connection as this was the route to so much ill health and suffering - in fact it is the number one cause of illness in the western world.
Yes, this is my experience and understanding. Whatever she was writing, the connection she was making with herself was visible.
It sounds like this moment of connection resuscitated you both, or am I reading into it?Perhaps in different ways—you, through thoughtful reflection. The woman, through being seen, respected. Dignity restored.
And that she was writing.
Here in Seattle, low-income and homeless people sell Real Change, a newspaper that focuses on issues related to homelessness. These salespeople stake out places to sell—in front of supermarkets being a prime location though any place with a large walking population works. As part of my regular routine, I would buy copies of the newspaper from three people—knew them by name and one of them, who had a dog, had also shared some of history with me. But the pandemic changed everybody's routines so those three people no longer sell papers in their usual places. I don't know where they are or how they might be doing. I've asked around but I've only heard that the man with the dog left for another city.
Yes we have a similar thing in London, a newspaper-magazine called The Big Issue, and also similarly covid changed everything. The other problem adding to it all is the steady disappearance of cash.
Completely agree and I always carry cash and change not a lot but enough
"The vitalness of connection" ... Ah how I know this, need this and admire you.