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if my indecision is my decision, and not someone else's, it's all good. but, i often have the feeling I need to cultivate my ability to think alone more

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Pac, ODB, Dilla, Biggie, Nate Dogg, Aaliyah, Eazy-E*...uh, little help here please?

*This post updated 12/17/2013. Thanks JA Senor! 

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Hail the Master! MA in Bioethics, New York University, Summer 2013

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Fired up! Ready to go!

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President Obama set a good tone in this message in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin verdict where opinions diverge widely and wildly. He acknowledged that we all must understand that there is an historical context that frames the opinions of black Americans in a case like this. That context is different than for whites. But what can we do once we make this acknowledgement? He said to look at our youth today and recognize that things are better now than they were fifty years ago. I was around, and Obama’s statement is fact. He asked white people to look in the mirror and think about how they judge situations, and people, and ask themselves are they being too harsh or unfair. I hope they will listen. I, as a black person, will also look in the mirror and ask am I doing all that I can to leave some of my bitterness of past events in the closet when I hit the pavement every day.  Perhaps so I don’t feel as weighted down and can do a little more to lift a young person up. He made me realize more than ever it is our youth we must focus on.  

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Good values attract good people.

John Wooden 

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I heard Michelle Alexander speak on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day in January at Vanderbilt University. She gave a motivating talk, her ad libs were great and she answered all of the tough questions. I din't think she could be any better live than she is on YouTube, but she was, and that is saying something.

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"Not everything that can be faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."  -James Baldwin, 1962 article, As Much Truth As One Can Bear

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"If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you're in big trouble." -Robert Sapolsky, neurobiologist

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"Storms make trees take deeper roots." -Dolly Parton

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Discover the truth of today, and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow.

Jackie Robinson

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"We have two rulebooks — one for charity and one for the rest of the economic world. It's an apartheid and it discriminates against the nonprofit sector..."   You want to make $50 million selling violent video games to kids--go for it--we'll put you on the cover of Wired magazine. But, you want make half a million dollars trying to cure kids of malaria you're considered a parasite yourself." -Dan Pallotta

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April is Stress Awareness Month. According to Mayo Clinic psychiatrist, Daniel K. Hall-Flavin, M.D., chronic stressful life situations can increase the risk of developing depression, if you aren't coping with the stress well. The World Health Organization says depression will be the 2nd leading cause of disability and death worldwide by 2030 (up from 4th today—see pg 34). A task force of U.S. clinicians from leading medical schools recommends screening of adolescents (12–18 years of age) for major depressive disorder when systems are in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, psychotherapy, and follow-up.

Separately, a study of U.S. adults found among the groups that tended to be depressed were:

blacks, Hispanics, non-Hispanic persons of other races;

persons with less than a high school education;

individuals unable to work or unemployed; and 

persons without health insurance coverage

I am also aware, through my work in cancer patient advocacy that the mental health of those caring for a loved one may suffer due to their caregiving responsibilities, and the resulting stress. Strength for Caring, a Johnson & Johnson Initiative, has published an entire section on how to reduce stress, manage multiple responsibilities, and find time to care for you as well as your loved one.