Erma Bombeck wrote, “Failing is what most of us do…but we have still managed to go on breathing…I have several reactions when I hear people introduce me [with]…accolades…so glowing that I don’t even recognize myself. I figure Mother Teresa just flew in…I would like to propose a new wrinkle to introductions. Instead of listing a speaker’s successes, why not list the failures?
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Clearly that is a question many are asking. Women, and now men, are flocking to plastic surgeons; anti-aging skin cream sells well even during hard economic times. In 2010 there were 84,685 surgical procedures like face-lifts, eyelid operations, liposuctions, breast reductions, forehead lifts, breast lifts and breast augmentations for those over 65 (New York Times, August 9, 2011).
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Answer: They are all in the midst of transitions and not sure how to handle them.
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After the shock of being laid off from an advertising company, Allen’s life fell apart. He had always been sought after; therefore, he had every expectation that history would repeat itself. Instead, he has been without a job for nine months. During this period, his depression enveloped him. His wife asked for a separation. The love he felt for his two pre-teen children kept him going.
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College graduates are moving home, the place they would least like to be. The reason-it’s the economy, stupid! Dylan Suher, a recent college graduate defines his moving home as a failure. “The feeling that the natural order of life-that you become an adult and then you leave home-has been disrupted.” (New York Times, July 17, 2011, SR, p. 7). But college students are not alone.
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