Societal pressures and life-altering experiences shape personal decisions and resilience. From the impact of social norms on relationships to the mental toll of chronic illness, each story reveals the strength required to navigate both cultural and personal challenges.
Susan Patton believes young women must “plan for their personal happiness with at least the same dedication” as career success, countering a culture that “deceives women into thinking marriage can wait.” She underscores this with, “Your fertility has not aged exponentially with your lifespan.”
Patton links these societal pressures to broader social contagions, where polarized politics and COVID added to this pattern. “Social contagion dictates much, from motherhood to masks,” she notes, seeing it as part of why we’ve become so fractured.
Tom Masty’s account of enduring cancer highlights resilience. “You’ll never wake up cancer-free; it may leave your body but stays in your mind,” he observes, underscoring the lifelong mental toll. He explains his approach: faith, fighting spirit, and a focus on “helping others to keep looking forward.”
Overturning Zika: The Pandemic That Never Was
“Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth.” C.S. Lewis To Caesar’s “I came, I saw, I conquered,” Zika might add, “I disappeared, – but nobody noticed,“… until now. Overturning…Read more →
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