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Woke up to a guy on TV talking about how routine is important for those with dementia but I wonder how significant routine is for people of any age? We had an easy time with our kids because we maintained routines. Even our cats love their routines but I can never keep to one. I always need change.

Richtig Scheitern: 5 Tipps was Manager von Politikern lernen können - Ständig sind irgendwo Wahlen. Und immer gibt es Sieger und Verlierer, die ihre Koffer packen müssen. Als Politiker ist man eben nur eine begrenzte Zeit im Amt. Genau deswegen können Manager viel von Ihnen lernen. #CareerManagement #Change #ClaudiaHupprich #Creativity #EducationSystem #Fail #Intelligence #Intuition #NegativeEmotions #Psychology #Relax #Stress

berufebilder.de/richtig-scheit

A quotation from Orwell

Power worship blurs political judgement because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible. […] This habit of mind leads also to the belief that things will happen more quickly, completely, and catastrophically than they ever do in practice. The rise and fall of empires, the disappearance of cultures and religions, are expected to happen with earthquake suddenness, and processes which have barely started are talked about as though they were already at an end.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-05), “Second Thoughts on James Burnham,” Polemic Magazine

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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

Person after person has said to me in these last few days that this new world we face terrifies them. I can understand how that feeling would arise unless one believes that men are capable of greatness beyond their past achievements. The times have usually brought us a leader when we needed him. The times now call for mankind as a whole to rise to great heights.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1945-08-10), “My Day”

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/28…

WIST Quotations · Column (1945-08-10), "My Day" - Roosevelt, Eleanor | WIST QuotationsPerson after person has said to me in these last few days that this new world we face terrifies them. I can understand how that feeling would arise unless one believes that men are capable of greatness beyond their past achievements. The times have usually brought us a leader when…

A quotation from Emerson

There is no virtue which is final; all are initial. The virtues of society are the vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Circles,” Essays: First Series, No. 10

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@pedestrians1st

I’m sick to death of the gaslighting from this wretched government. All the worse since they supposedly were offering #change

First pensioners, then the sick and the vulnerable, something as fundamental as water isn’t safe in their hands. There’s just as much sound and bluster as from that buffoon Johnson. Missteps all along the way.

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@wdlindsy

That’s great But and this maybe a Big But But one HUGE reason tromp won WAS and IS

There is nothin on the other side I know most people don’t care But you have a problem

You may think everyone will vote for who you want

For one democrats suck and not very well

Probably because of how old you are 🤷‍♂️

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@Geri

Give over!

I'm very grateful for the summaries you take the time and trouble to provide.

But yes, this is such an important issue and as you say, if someone tries a hashtag search...

I wonder at what point people will say 'Enough is enough'?

I'm sick to death of the #gaslighting by government. Bad enough under the 'Tories, but to be promised #Change and receive #LiNO

I feel SO helpless. Ranting on social media isn't enough but I'm overwhelmed by caring responsibilities.