A recent New York Times article (March 28, 2022) says this: “Analyzing survey responses of more than 84,000 people of all ages in Britain, the researchers identified two distinct periods of adolescence when heavy use of social media spurred lower ratings of “life satisfaction”: first around puberty — ages 11 to 13 for girls, and 14 to 15 for boys — and then again for both sexes around age 19.”

Winter is over and things are beginning to wake and come to life.  We are blessed with four seasons in South Dakota, although some seasons feel harsher than others. Richard Rohr, in his Daily Meditation, Letting Go Is Liberation writes, “if you do not transform your pain, you will most assuredly transmit it.”