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Part 2: Readers' Responses to Essay: "Coping with Disappointments: Is Taking them for Granted a Healthy Response?" Inbox Mark Riedy Thu, Jan 13, 7:07 AM (1 day ago) Responses to the essay on handling disappointments were plentiful and insightful, as illustrated in Part 1 of this two-part series. In this essay I will provide the full responses of four individuals, ending on an upbeat note. With thanks again to those of you sharing your thoughts with me, it's my pleasure in turn to convey the insights and experiences of four friends. 1. This friend responds faithfully to almost every essay I write, and articulates an unabashedly liberal/progressive point of view on a wide variety of topics--consistently well-reasoned and presented-- typically from a socio-economic-ethical perspective rather than a political one. What follows includes material from two of her responses. "What strikes me most in what you wrote is what is considered “regular” life in this day

From: Mark Riedy Date: Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 7:00 PM Subject: Essay: Part 1--Readers respond to "Coping with Disappointments: Is Taking Them for Granted a Healthy Response?" Dear Friends and Family, One of the genuine pleasures I derive from writing these essays is that many of you, a varying group from topic to topic, take time to offer your comments on my musings. I learn a lot from your experience and insights. I enjoy taking your words and using them to create new essays like this one, in which I can share your feedback with everyone on the distribution list. Without fail, your comments add depth and richness to the messages contained in my original essays and thereby enrich all of our lives. Collectively, we are neighbors helping neighbors. From your comments it became clear I had only scratched the surface of the issue of how individuals cope with disappointment. A quick refresher is that our two grandsons, ages 16 and 19, traveling with us on a cruise to Mexico