Coping skills in hard times....

Hi...
I hope you had a great weekend.We did....We had our pot luck party on Saturday night and it was great fun.

The variety of donated nutritious dishes was very inviting and  had a good balance of the food groups.  We did have many giggles. We were talking about the early days in our youth and describing the dwellings that we lived in as kids . Many of us in our group had outdoor plumbing -no hot water heater, shared the same bath water as our brothers and sisters once a week, the old wood stove and curtains  to form rooms or areas for an individual etc. Some of us had no electricity until we became a teen ager. My, we have progressed very quickly in the world today and have a great many facilities available to us.  There were many people with hardships but  above all we had a very fun time. There was more of a sense of community. This is where components such as "socialization"  and "spirituality" as both of these are necessary for survival ... they step into play and will assist you during hard times. More on skills tomorrow evening...