We need to value and reassert these skills and attitudes from the past and the present, but most importantly, we need to practice them. Research in the social sciences and our own experience tells us that:
1. Connecting with others is better than isolating ourselves
2. Flexibility works better in most situations than rigidity.
3. Communicating with others is almost always better than not talking.
4. Looking to ourselves to solve our problems rather than to others works best.
5. Recognizing and dealing with rather than ignoring our feelings and the feelings of others can help keep us emotionally healthy.
6. Acting on our values works better than acting on our fears.
7. Being optimistic is better than being pessimistic.
8. Caring for ourselves and for others serves everyone best.
9. Laughter is better, at times, than tears.
10. Greed and going shopping will not solve our problems.
These skills and attitudes are the focus of Duct Tape Isn't Enough and Reaching Home. They are survival skills for the 21st century, whehter the adversity is a national or regional disaster such as a hurricane or a terrorist attack of a personal disaster, such as the death of a child or loss of a spose.
To be continued...
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