Have you suffered an adversity? Of course you have. And maybe you are even feeling it more lately. Everyone has suffered adversity or loss of some kind, so we thought that resilience is a topic that would be helpful to talk about. Resilience can help people go through tough times with less sadness, depression and anxiety.

Have you ever been reading a book or watching a movie and suddenly everything takes an unexpected turn of events? Writers and directors sometimes call that a “plot twist”. We all have experienced a profound “plot twist” recently.

What are your thoughts as we all face the coronavirus pandemic? As we watch the events unfolding, it’s like nothing we have been through before. It made us think about the first line from the classic book, A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. That line is, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

How have you been dealing with the “new normal” as we do what’s necessary to get through the coronavirus pandemic? It’s a new experience for most of us, having to change our living habits to “distance” ourselves from others, increase hand-washing, use disinfectants and limit public gatherings.

Do you need some toilet paper? Well, that may have seemed like a very strange question to ask someone a month ago. However, we just asked a neighbor the same question. It’s now a question you may hear because it seems there’s a demand for several products and supply is not keeping up.

How stressed are you? We hope your stress isn’t too overwhelming right now. Yet, with all that’s going on in the world, we wouldn’t be surprised if you, like many other people, are feeling increased stress. What are some of the obvious stressors?

What do you think is the universal language? We realize that we can push a couple of keys on a computer, phone or other smart device and we can change the language from English to just about any one we want.