Comments on: In a Word https://livingwithscleroderma.com/in-a-word/ Reflections on the Messy Complexity of Chronicity Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:21:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Evelyn Herwitz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/in-a-word/#comment-78105 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:21:12 +0000 https://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=6482#comment-78105 In reply to Patricia Bizzell.

Scattered feathers, yes. Although I’m a bit less optimistic about what stage we’re at now. And “Chernobyl” is an excellent series. Chilling, agreed.

]]> By: Evelyn Herwitz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/in-a-word/#comment-78104 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:18:45 +0000 https://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=6482#comment-78104 In reply to Jayne Fisher.

Indeed, well put, Jayne. Thanks.

]]> By: Patricia Bizzell https://livingwithscleroderma.com/in-a-word/#comment-78102 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:26:48 +0000 https://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=6482#comment-78102 This moving post made me think of a Jewish folktale: the villagers complain to the rabbi that Shmuely is constantly gossiping and spreading rumors about everyone. The rabbi calls him in, and asks him to take a feather pillow to the town square and slit it open, shaking all the feathers out. They fly everywhere. Then he returns and the rabbi tells him, “Now go collect all the feathers.” Shmuely: “But Rabbi, they are scattered all over, no way I can collect them!” Rabbi: “Now you see what happens to your bad words. They go everywhere and do more harm than you can even know. Stop spreading them!”

Distressed as I am about the tone of our national discourse, I don’t believe we are at the scattered feathers stage (yet). But we must cherish our freedoms and the atmosphere that permits them to thrive. I could not agree more about that!

And in case you don’t appreciate our American freedoms enough, I recommend the HBO series “Chernobyl,” called to my attention by my daughter and her Ukrainian husband. The picture it paints of government mismanagement and repression in the face of this unique disaster is truly chilling. Just don’t watch it close to meal time . . . .

]]> By: Jayne Fisher https://livingwithscleroderma.com/in-a-word/#comment-78098 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:02:08 +0000 https://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=6482#comment-78098 Thank you for sharing this part of your history and reminding us all that we can’t control what comes out of other’s mouths, but we can mind our own words.

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