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width="700" height="467" loading="eager"/></picture></div></div><figcaption class="oa ff ob nm nn oc od bf b bg z du">Image designed by © <a class="af oe" href="https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/207082466/antonio-rodriguez?load_type=author&prev_url=detail" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Antonio Rodriguez</a> on AdobeStock</figcaption></figure><p id="b194" class="pw-post-body-paragraph of og hd oh b hx oi oj ok ia ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy oz pa gw bk">This has been a challenging year for everyone. It has been disheartening, frightening, and exhausting. For those of us who are in the older generation, we are particularly anxious about the world we are leaving to our children and grandchildren. The rapid pace of climate change and the increasing number of extreme weather events are terrifying. We feel profound sadness by the suffering in Ukraine and the Middle East. And we are scared about what is happening right here in the USA. In short, we feel overwhelmed.</p><p id="11e9" class="pw-post-body-paragraph of og hd oh b hx oi oj ok ia ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy oz pa gw bk">I want to be resilient, engaged, optimistic, and active, but it’s difficult not to close my eyes. I’ve been watching less news lately. Many of us, myself included, are teetering on the edge of what I’ve come to call <em class="pb">dispairalyzed</em>. I read this newly coined term in a letter to the New York Times, and it perfectly captures what many of us are experiencing right now. I am determined not to let myself become <em class="pb">dispairalyzed</em>.</p><p id="3284" class="pw-post-body-paragraph of og hd oh b hx oi oj ok ia ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy oz pa gw bk">In addition to the uncertainty in the world, we must also deal with our personal challenges. Recently, I’ve faced several setbacks. I contracted COVID-19 again, and this time, I was sicker than before. Then, I had a fall in my apartment, hitting my forehead on a side table. 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