Happiness

• EVEREST launches online this season to inspire spring cleaning and organization projects for the whole home.
• "Organization is a mountain of a task so we created EVEREST to motivate possibilities," says Josh Gitlin, President and CEO of EVEREST.
• "Our solutions bring calm from the moment of purchase to the finished project and reflect a uniquely soft and stylish look to complement any home décor."
• EVEREST's organization and storage solutions embrace BEAUTILITY™, blending beauty, style and function into customizable cabinets, work tables, benches, and wall systems.

• Aging populations and increasing diagnoses of chronic diseases mean that the demand for resources is greatly increasing, and digital healthcare aims to keep up with these changing requirements.
• With telehealth and telemedicine coming into the picture more since the COVID-19 pandemic, telephone appointments have stayed in place, and mental health apps have skyrocketed.
• Implementing mental health applications could also allow people to become more involved in their healthcare and become active participants in their treatments.
• The reduced costs of in-person appointments alongside the consumerization of healthcare, create efficiency and easier access for medics and patients, saving time, money, and resources.

• HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y., March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- United Breast Cancer Foundation (UBCF) is excited to announce the highly anticipated return of its Spring Pink Bag Event to its Huntington Station headquarters.
• Embrace the spirit of renewal and rejuvenation by joining UBCF for the Spring Pink Bag Event.
• UBCF is committed to supporting individuals facing this challenge, and the Spring Pink Bag Event aims to alleviate some burdens and bring joy and comfort to individuals facing breast cancer.
• Learn more about UBCF's Spring Pink Bag Event and submit your eligibility form today at https://www.ubcf.org/march-2024-ny-pbe/

• But I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.” Twenty-two hours later, he was assassinated.
• He was not optimistic that he would reach the “Promised Land,” yet he was hopeful about the ultimate goal.
• Self-help books on optimism are lined with hacks – like imagining your greatest possible self or focusing on the best-case scenario.
• It is a mindset that helps people endure challenges, tackle them head-on and keep their eyes on the goal – a virtue that King and other community leaders exemplify.

We, not me

• Hope is stronger than optimism at predicting academic success and people’s ability to cope with pain.
• Plenty of scientific evidence suggests that hope improves individuals’ health and boosts their well-being.
• Centuries of spiritual and philosophical work describe hope as a virtue that, like love, is a decision, not a feeling.

The myth of time

• He faced repeated waves of criticism, and, at the time of his death, fewer Americans approved of him than of the Vietnam War.
• In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” King lamented the optimism of moderate white Americans who said they supported his goals but took little action.
• There is a “strangely irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills,” he wrote.

King was not alone in leveraging virtuous hope for justice. Brazilian educator Paulo Freire described hope as an “existential imperative” that promotes action. Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison, called hope a “powerful weapon.”

Forged in adversity

• I study virtuous hope in a South African Zulu community, where there are few reasons for optimism.
• This is the part of the country where HIV is most widespread, with the percentage near 50% in some communities.
• These individuals demonstrated an unwavering focus on striving for a better future, often unglued from expectations of personal success.
• Like King’s, it manifests in hardship and is refined in adversity.
• Hope enables communities to march for justice and democracy even while tasting the danger of dictatorship, apartheid or oligarchy.

Kendra Thomas receives funding from the John Templeton Foundation