Science confirms getting dumped is one of the most
painful parts of being a human Social rejection shares somatosensory representations with physical pain.
Not exact matches
In a recent interview with the Washington Post (
part of their ominously titled «Voices
of Power» series), Secretary
of Health and
Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because
of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it
was one
of the most
painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I
am a firm believer in the separation
of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner
are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same religious beliefs that I had.
Dubos
was one
of our founding fathers, present at the creation, and the first
part of his essay traces his sometimes -
painful steps from bench scientist as a bacteriologist to someone profoundly focused on the
human condition and the ways that the world that
humans inherit, alter and leave behind shape
human health, not only in the narrow sense
of healthy people but in the larger sense
of societal health and well -
being.
See challenges,
painful loss and times
of darkness as
part being human, the end
of which may lead to growth, wisdom, inner strength and compassion.»