WELLNESS12 | JHV | November 14, 2019

‘Every Day is the Best Day of The Year’ Still True 150-Plus Years Later

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I read this quotation, recently

posted by a friend on social media, I thought it was written last week. I didn’t know it was written in the mid-1800s by American essayist, lecturer, philosopher and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

In so many ways, the world we are living in feels more complex and unset-tled than I imagine it to have been in the mid-1800s. But, the message seems to be telling us that human behavior in the mid-1800s and human behavior in 2019 are not that different.

Humans seem to be faced with worry, self-doubt and anxiety, no matter the century. Humans seem to hold onto our worries and have a hard time shaking things off and moving forward. Humans seem to forget what we have accomplished, and we are good at finding fault with ourselves. Humans seem wired to rethink what we have done in the past, with little success at self-compassion.

Have we really evolved so little? Or, can we be comforted that the reminder to live in the day is a message that has been told for centuries?

I think we can be so very comforted by this message that confirms what seems in

common to humans across time. So, what can we let ourselves learn, yet again, more nearly 200 years later?

• Every day is the best day we have been given.

• Wealth is making the very most of the day by not allowing it to be invaded by stress and anxiety.

• You did what you could today.• You made some mistakes today

and some weird, annoying and otherwise irritating things happened, too.

• Get over it.• Tomorrow is another day and a new one.• Start it with a fresh spirit and a new

outlook.• Allow yourself to be serene, because

it just isn’t worth allowing the past to make a mess of the new day.

• The new day is filled with hope. The new day is filled with possibilities.

• Don’t waste your time regretting the past, including yesterday.

• Recognize how dear the new day is to you and feel hope.

• Look for the “invitations” that the new day brings, because they are there to be discovered.

I think Emerson knew a lot. We are still learning. Worth trying.

Laurie Morgan Silver, LCSW is manager of Mental Health Initiatives at Jewish Family Service.

ByLaurie Morgan SilverLCSWJewish Family Service

Emotional BalanceHuman beings thrive on connection.

When this need is met, we feel we are cared about and that we belong. Connection softens feelings of isolation and loneliness. Human connection is as important each day as the basics of food and water. In times of crisis or transition, the need for connection increases. Certainly, we all seek connection from those we know whether family, friends or co-workers. Current research; however, has turned up a remarkable finding about human connection, concluding that even contact from an anonymous person has enormous value for the wellbeing of the recipient.

This conclusion was first discovered during WW II when anonymous volunteers sent postcards with messages of caring and hope to soldiers fighting around the globe. Research showed that the support provided by these anonymous postcards comforted soldiers in their isolation and loneliness.

Most recently, the Defense Department hired a leading American suicidologist, Thomas Joiner, to test this theory. With rates of completed suicide at very high levels in the military, the concept of sending anonymous text messages to those at risk was put into place to discover if hopelessness and the desire to take one’s life might be positively impacted. This text program along with the military’s “Virtual Hope Box,” has been shown to reduce rates of depression. Research on these efforts continues with the goal of reducing death by suicide among active military and retired veterans.

With this tested program as our model, Jewish Family Service is launching a pilot program that we have named Touching the Heart. Our initial goal is to connect with students who are heading to college. We know that young adults leaving home and heading to college face a transition period as they settle into a dorm, make new friends and begin classes. This transition can lead to feelings of loneliness and isolation for many.

Our volunteers will be sending text messages just to say hello and provide a message of caring. We will also send tips

on settling into college life, provide ideas for increasing wellness and managing stress and always include words of support for those new to experiencing life away from home. We will also be offering phone or Skype counseling to any student who would like to schedule an appointment with us.

Once we establish the viability of our texting initiative, we will expand our audience to those young adults returning to Houston for work, those working in the Houston community and to older more isolated adults in our community.

We are including a link so you can sign up for our program or forward to anyone you know who might be a candidate for connecting with us through text messaging. All we need is a first name and cell phone number and then we include you or someone you may know in Touching the Heart. Text recipients will know the message is coming from Jewish Family Service and recipients may respond to us if they want more support or simply want to continue to receive our text messages.

We are all aware that the rates of suicide in our country, state, city, county and Jewish community have been on a steady increase and are now at all time high levels. We cannot ignore the need for connection and support. Jewish Family Service has been working diligently to implement a comprehensive suicide prevention and aftercare program in our region. We offer Touching the Heart as a new front line initiative based on the latest suicide prevention research. Help us to connect with those who need our support. Share this link with anyone you know who may be in need of a friendly message of caring and kindness. Help us support our community. Touching the Heart is for all of us. Laurie Silver has been in private practice in Houston for almost 25 years. She has worked with Jewish Family Service on developing mental health programming including comprehensive suicide prevention and aftercare efforts.

ByLaurie Morgan SilverLCSWJewish Family Service

Touching the Heart

If there is a topic you would like for us to address, please email us at

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By Laurie Morgan Silver,LCSWJewish Family Service

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