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Self-care isn’t selfish

Self-care isn’t selfish. So why do so many of us feel guilty when we attend to the things we require for our personal well-being? In a recent webinar, “Soar with Self-Care: Refuel Your Well Being,” hosted by Advocates for Human Potential Inc., the facilitators led the participants to re-evaluate where they stand with self-care and well-being. First, let’s look at what “self-care” actually means. It’s how you take care of yourself on a daily basis, the things that you need for good health and well-being. Do you fuel the spiritual side of yourself? What do you do for ...

Ohio ballot proposal creates a big backlash

A proposal that would make it harder for citizen-initiated amendments to the Ohio Constitution to become law is drawing opposition from several organizations. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, and state Rep. Brian Stewart, R-Ashville, recently announced they would seek to get the GOP-dominated state Legislature to approve a resolution in the final weeks of this year’s session for the ballot proposal. It is on the fast track to be passed. It would require citizen-initiated constitutional amendments to get at least 60 percent support from voters to be approved. Those ...

Your attitude of gratitude is good for you

Do you feel appreciated? What does that mean to you? How many times have you heard someone say, “I’m working on my attitude of gratitude”? What are they saying? What has happened to our world that has so adversely affected so many of us? Appreciation: Recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something. Attitude of Gratitude: the habit of expressing appreciation, not just special things, but the little things that don’t seem to matter much and the bigger things that do. It’s thinking about others before self, or as some of our moms used to say, “If you ...

Older adults at particular risk of food poisoning

Editor’s note: The following column was originally published July 4, 2020. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and impairments that affect older adults. With this in mind, we at the Salem Visiting Angels office have created this series of articles to keep our older population and their families informed and to offer some practical advice for meeting the challenges faced by seniors and those who care for ...

Effects of bullying can last a lifetime

When we watch media reports showing adults using bullying tactics to fuel division in this country, how can we not expect bullying at every level of our society? If we want our children to be kind, they need to see kindness at work around them. If we want our children to accept others, we must assure that they see us walking the walk that we keep talking about. If we spew angry, ugly words that spell hatred, our children will learn to hate. If we bully others, will our children not follow in our footsteps? There is something called The Lions Toast from Lions International: Not above ...

Honor for our veterans

I, —————, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United Sates and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, so help me God. Every man and woman who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States has taken this oath when enlisted to military service for our country. It is not an oath to ...