Today’s title is a quote from HAMLET by William Shakespeare.

It implies that you should be true to yourself, your principles and your values.

It can also mean that you should do what you believe in, even if it goes against what others want you to do.

You can show yourself the same patience, forgiveness and respect that you’d extend to someone else.

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If you’re like most of us, you spend many hours each day watching or listening to the news.

Have you noticed?

It’s always BAD?

The great irony is that there may be something good going on with your life.

But the good must share your thoughts with what you just saw on The Evening News.

We have become ADDICTED to the BAD NEWS!

That is poor SELF MANAGEMENT!

Why don’t you trade the BAD NEWS time with something positive.

Do some simple exercises.

Call a friend. (Not a text or email, actually talk to someone.)

Ask about how your spouse’s day has been.

Check out chores you could be doing.

Think about how you could become a more valuable employee.

You have seen and heard enough BAD NEWS!

Do something POSITIVE!

Is it time to give yourself a break?

Yes, these are trying times, but physical & mental exhaustion are not the answer.

If you are overwhelmed with tough situations, PRIORITIZE!

Do you have the resources to solve the biggest problem?

If so, I think its solution will bring you peace and a boost in self-confidence.

Take your issues one by one. It is so comforting to know that you are making progress.

Another helpful thing is to make a list at the end of, or the beginning of, each day.

Check off what you have accomplished as you go along.

And it might take the heat off so you can give yourself a much needed break.

If not today, when?

I’m repeating this blog because it was so popular!)

I’m asking you to do something you DON’T want to do.

This little saying, “Do the worst first” can make you much more successful.

Success lives in difficult tasks, not EASY ones!

If you are in the habit of putting off difficult tasks, your accomplisments will always be limited.

So, turn your priorities around.

Do the worst first!

We all have them.

Some are more regrettable than others.

We must begin by comparing our parenting style with that of our parents.

Unknowingly, we will see that we did learn good or bad parenting from our parents.

Regret can shackle us to the past or it can serve as an engine for change.

An apology for a regret is not a bad starting point.

Also you can do two things to help you put your regrets behind you.

Practice some compassion with yourself.

You have carried this burden long enough.

Secondly, be the best parent or grandparent you can be. (NYT)

If not today, when?

There he was standing guard with his “STOP” sign.

What time did he have to wake up this morning?

Did he not feel well today, but had to get to his intersection?

Does he have to be on that corner regardless of the weather?

Do the kids and parents treat him respectfully?

Is he paid fairly taking into regard the seriousness of his responsibilities?

Does he receive proper recognition for keeping our kids safe?

Have you ever thought about him?

DETROIT (Gray News) – City officials in Detroit say they are working to find stable housing for a family who lost two children to hypothermia this week.

Tateona Williams has been living in a van with her four children for the last three months.

This week, she woke up to find two of her children, ages 9 and 2, unresponsive. They were later pronounced dead at the hospital from what appeared to be hypothermia.

The tragedy sparked national attention, with Williams telling WXYZ she tried her best to find somewhere to live and previously called a homeless service for help.

In a news release Thursday, Detroit’s Deputy Mayor Melia Howard said the city has been working closely with the family since learning about the children’s deaths.

She also identified the children by name – Darnell and Amilah Currie.

Darnell was 9 years old, and Amilah was just 2.

There must be a better way to provide a home for the homeless!

If not today, when?

Nashville’s honky-tonks are going to get a little busier in April.

That’s when Aer Lingus launches its first nonstop flight to the country music capital from Ireland, a lesser-known hotbed of country music fans.

The new flight to Nashville from Dublin is possible with a new, longer-range plane from Airbus: the A321XLR, or “Extra Long Range.”

The derivative of the popular A321neo that debuted in 2017 can fly further than any other single-aisle plane on the market.

Airbus also says it burns 30% less fuel per seat than previous-generation aircraft.

“It allows us to go to cities that we would not be able to take the risk on with a wide-body,” said Reid Moody, chief strategy and planning officer at Aer Lingus.

referring to the twin-aisle aircraft such as the Airbus A330 or Boeing 787 that are common on transatlantic flights. (CNN)

The Irish carrier already flies two A321XLRs and plans to add four more by the end of the year.

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night, a Navy spokesperson said Thursday.

It’s not clear what caused the collision between the US warship and the Panamanian-flagged vessel Besiktas-M.

A spokesperson said it did not result in any flooding on board the Truman and its nuclear propulsion plants were unaffected.

No injuries were reported on either vessel, though the merchant ship sustained some damage, a Navy official said.

The Besiktas-M, a 617-foot (188-meter) long bulk carrier, had exited the Suez Canal and was heading to Romania, according to tracking website Marine Traffic.

The Truman, a 1,100-foot-long Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, was heading toward the canal, tracking data indicates. (CNN)

Around 1.2 million fewer vehicles entered the zone in January, a 7.5% drop from January 2024.

It took up to 30% less time during rush hour to get across bridges and through tunnels into lower Manhattan that month.

Drive times across 34th Street — a major thoroughfare — got cut nearly in half.

Despite the dropoff in cars, more people visited lower Manhattan business areas.

Last month, around 36 million people visited business districts in the zone, about 1.5 million people higher than January of 2024.

Attendance to Broadway shows also rose 17% in January annually, despite predictions that congestion pricing would hurt Broadway.

In early surveys after the program went into effect, New York voters said congestion pricing led to faster commutes and less traffic.

Sixty-six percent of people who drive into lower Manhattan a few times per week or more support congestion pricing, according to the survey.

“The impact of the congestion relief zone in the city has been immediate and positive,” Kathryn Wylde, the CEO of the Partnership for New York City, a business advocacy group said. (CNN)