Well-Be Wisdom: Happiness File
By John I. Kennedy Jr, MD
When I was a kid, my mother and her friends created scrapbooks, large folders with padded bindings into which they mounted photographs and other mementos of special occasions. Most of the photos were in black and white and of very poor quality. The corner mounts, intended to hold the images neatly in place, regularly came unglued which meant that opening the book sometimes launched the fuzzy images into flight. I really didn’t see the point at the time.
Well-Be Wisdom: Be Like Kirk!
By John I. Kennedy Jr, MD
Assessment: Dr. Kirk Avent was the best doctor I have known.
Recommendations: Be like Kirk!
• Be helpful
• Be tenacious
• Be kind
• Be thankful
Well-Be Wisdom: Birds of a Feather?
By John I. Kennedy Jr, MD
A dozen years back, I took a trip with family to Philadelphia. As we came down the aisle to get off our train, I noticed an older man staring at me. As we got closer, his expression progressed from a frown to an overt scowl. I felt increasingly uncomfortable as we moved toward him, until I realized he was focused on my Boston Red Sox cap. It was only then that I noticed he was wearing a Philadelphia Phillies cap. When I got to his row, his scowl subsided very slightly as he muttered, “Well, at least it’s not a Yankees cap!”
Well-Be Wisdom: A Lament
By John I. Kennedy Jr, MD
“My husband and I were two of 8 at the table where our three friends fell.”
This was the response from my friend, a member of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, when I reached out to her after the tragic shooting last week that resulted in the death of three people. It sent a chill down my spine.
Well-Be Wisdom: Speaking Kindly (and Sparingly) in a Mean World
By John I. Kennedy Jr, MD
In the spring of 2020, as the pandemic began to unfold, many of us rushed to purchase basic essential supplies, creating acute shortages of things like toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and masks. As the pandemic has continued the supply chains have been disrupted yielding surprising shortages of many items. But throughout the pandemic one thing has never been in short supply—words!