This week’s Friday PiDay shares a deeply personal story of loss, resilience, and the strength of brotherhood. When the Tau Mu chapter lost a brother too soon, they leaned on one another for support, honoring his memory in their own way—by taking a trip to Philadelphia to get cheesesteaks, just as he had done so many times before.
In grief and in healing, they reminded us of the importance of being there for each other—not just in times of celebration, but in times of sorrow. AEPi is more than a fraternity—it’s a commitment to always be our Brothers’ Keepers. If you or someone you know is struggling, don’t hesitate to reach out. Support is always available.
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MAGNUS Family Friday: Acts of Kindness
In a world that often moves too fast, it’s the small, heartfelt moments that truly bring us closer. Acts of kindness are more than gestures; they are the language of love, trust, and connection within our families.
A simple hug when someone needs comfort. A handwritten note slipped into a lunchbox that whispers, "I’m proud of you." Helping with the dishes after a long day to say, "I see you, and I care." These seemingly small actions echo louder than words, reminding us that love is in the details of how we show up for one another.
💌 Take a moment today to ask yourself: What act of kindness will you share with your family? Whether it’s a thoughtful word, a listening ear, or even just a smile, your effort can transform the ordinary into something extraordinary.
When families lead with kindness, they inspire a ripple effect that reaches far beyond their walls. Let’s make kindness the heartbeat of our homes.
📌 Ready to strengthen your family bonds and embark on the MAGNUS journey? Connect with us today and discover how small acts can make a monumental impact. Together, we can create a legacy of love and resilience.
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“WHEN PARENTS GET OLD...
Let them grow old with the same love they raised you with.
Let them talk and tell stories over and over again with the same patience and interest they listened to you as a child.
Let them win, as they have often let you win.
Let them enjoy their friends, conversations with their grandchildren...
Let them enjoy living among the objects that have accompanied them for a long time, because they suffer when they feel that you are tearing pieces of their life .
Let them make mistakes, as you have done so many times.
LET THEM LIVE and try to make them happy on the last leg of their journey, the same way they shook your hand when you started yours."
- Pablo Neruda
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Imagine you had an action-packed weekend.
Maybe a dinner party on Friday, visited an amusement park on Saturday, then went bowling, and on Sunday you purchased tickets for an upcoming vacation and attended a neighbor’s BBQ.
This means you might have a lot to share with folks on Monday at the office.
But…
What if there’s one person who just can’t help but share how much “more” stuff they did over the weekend? Or how much better they are at stuff.
Here’s a clip of Kristen Wig perfectly demonstrating this point!
https://lnkd.in/gKMzECFa
Funny right?
Only funny to watch but to experience it, is another story.
So here’s how it might go for you on Monday.
“I had a dinner party on Friday”
“I had two dinner parties on Friday”
“I went to Six-Flags on Saturday.”
“I went to Disney and Universal on Saturday.”
“Well on Sunday I-”
You get the point.
This is frustrating. Sharing your experiences, life, and things that are going on is OK, but when you do it to refocus the conversation on yourself…your messing up.
That…is what we call a conversational narcissist.
A ONE-UPPER!
People notice.
And they might run in the other direction when you walk into the room.
So, here’s what you do.
STOP MAKING IT ABOUT YOU!
Let them ask you.
In fact, you should practice the 3 curious questions method.
When you speak with someone, find a way to ask at least 3 questions before moving on or even talking about you or your things.
Here’s what it looks like:
Them: “Wow, what a weekend!”
You: “Wow!? What was wow about it? (←question #1) Must have been a great time!”
Them: “Well, on Saturday we caught up with an old friend we haven’t seen in years!”
You: “That sounds great, reconnecting with friends is always amazing. What did you all do? Dinner or something?” (←question #2)
Them: “Yes! We went to The Cheesecake Factory, the cheesecake is always to die for.”
You: “Did you all make a plan to stay connected?” (←question #3)
Ok, you get the point here.
The conversation can go in many different
directions but this method helps the conversation unfold and build up, not break down.
In fact, when using the 3 curious question method, you’re building the conversation up instead of letting it break down.
I encourage you to remember what it’s like to be in a conversation where the other person makes it all about themselves.
It’s not a good feeling and I’m sure you know that every time that person enters the room, you want to run in the other direction.
So, fix it, and be different.
Or you’ll be in that room all by yourself.
And looking a lot like Kristen Wig in this clip.
Founder, CEO, Humanitarian Resource Institute: H-II OPSEC Expeditionary Operations, Director: Global Special Operations Network, War Crimes Committee, International Bar Association, Ordained Licensed Ministry Chaplain.
In the United States we have the national Stop Bullying Program www.stopbullying.gov This is viewed as a critical problem, because the variable is directly associated with our national school shootings crisis.
See: The Columbine Massacre: In the Killer's Mind documentary streaming: Daily Motion https://lnkd.in/ep7gDu3f
Note: From the 2000–01 to 2021–22 school years, there were 1,375 school shootings at public and private elementary and secondary schools, resulting in 515 deaths and 1,161 injuries. -- USA Facts https://lnkd.in/eS39w5rv
Mental Health -- The Bigger Picture
In 2023, we saw 111,000 overdose deaths. More than 1 in 5 US adults live with a mental illness. That's approximately 67 million Americans. 1 in 20 with severe mental illness The Bigger Picture
In 2023, we saw 111,000 overdose deaths. More than 1 in 5 US (67 million) adults live with a mental illness. 1 in 20 with a severe mental illness (1.6 million).
In 1990, Stephen Apatow opened the toll free first hotline (1-800-Say-No-To-Drugs) www.cycleacrossamerica.org that provided access to the Federal Resource for Drug and Alcohol Information, through the National Clearinghouse for Drug and Alcohol Information (NCADI). This project was the largest touch outreach ever coordinated through the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention.
Note: This was the time period when state funding for mental hospitals dried up and with put patients on the streets without access to meds, wishing the patients and citizens of the United States, good luck.
In 1992, NCADI transitioned to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. The NCADI hotline became the 988 Suicide and Crisis Infoline (the national 911 for mental health support).
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Infoline is a 24/7/365 access point for mental health counseling support.
Then in 1993, his Run Across America for Community Service www.runacrossamerica.org spotlighted youth leadership engagement with unmet needs analysis and executive directors of frontline service programs, in 133 cities from Washington, DC to San Francisco, California. In 1994, Humanitarian Resource Institute was formed, and mission expanded to every city/county area of the United States, with the formation of the HRI:FEMA National City/County Emergency Management Support Network.
Stephen M. Apatow, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection Officer, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Certified Sailing Rescue Swimmer is CEO, Humanitarian Resource Institute: H-II OPSEC Expeditionary Operations, Anti-Terrorism Officer: Director, Global Special Operations Network, Member of the War Crimes Committee, International Bar Association, and an Ordained Licensed Ministry Chaplain.
-- IMPACT2024 - Youth Leadership & C-Suite Development Programs: HRI: H-II OPSEC, 22 June 2024. https://bit.ly/4cQSUak
This is Owen. Owen was thirteen years old when he took his own life earlier this month. Owen was bullied relentlessly and escaped in the only way he believed he could. Please, people, teach your children and their children to be kind. Help them learn how to draw that person standing apart into their circle and show them that they matter. That one small act of kindness might save a life.
I'm sharing this in the hope you do and together we make a difference
How about we post where it's been shared.
Every one needs to talk about this and yes show children the consciences.
Our thanks to each and every one of you for your comments on this. And the amazing comments x
Michele Fogg Family Funeral Directors Sheffield England.
It is so sad that the children in today's cruel world have disconnected themselves from reality through a constant on-line, on-text existence. I wonder if they see the ones they are bullying as only characters in a game and have no concept that it is a living, breathing human being with feelings who one day had hopes and aspirations. I wonder if they realize that their "fun" of bullying has taken away those hopes and aspirations. I wonder if their brains have become so twisted by the games they play that in their subconscious mind if that person commits suicide, they will just pop up and come back to life like the characters do in those games. I wonder if we can rewire their brains or if it is already too late. I hope not.
It is heartbreaking to see the pain in this child's eyes even in the picture below. I agree, Hiram, we as parents and grandparents need to make crystal clear to our kids that it is unacceptable to be unkind. We need to teach them to be the ONE in school and other environments who will stand up for the kids being bullied, even if that will turn the attacks their way. We need to give them the personal foundation of knowing who they are and that what others think or say to them is irrelevant: that the attacks more than likely come from a place where THAT individual is insecure or hurting. We need to teach them that if someone doesn't like them or what they do it is the bully's problem, not theirs.
Thank you for what you do, Hiram. We need more like you in our society.
This is Owen. Owen was thirteen years old when he took his own life earlier this month. Owen was bullied relentlessly and escaped in the only way he believed he could. Please, people, teach your children and their children to be kind. Help them learn how to draw that person standing apart into their circle and show them that they matter. That one small act of kindness might save a life.
I'm sharing this in the hope you do and together we make a difference
How about we post where it's been shared.
Every one needs to talk about this and yes show children the consciences.
Our thanks to each and every one of you for your comments on this. And the amazing comments x
Michele Fogg Family Funeral Directors Sheffield England.
#NationalGriefAwarenessWeek (Post 5)
Today, Wed 4 Dec 2024, I'm thinking about all those we've lost to #suicide; all those grieving after losing someone to suicide; all those who've experienced a suicide #crisis in the course of their #grief from traumatic #loss; and all those struggling right now in their grief after a traumatic loss experience, who may be having thoughts of suicide.
Sadly, that's a lot of people.
Thoughts of suicide are not 'bad' or 'wrong' and, sadly, not uncommon.
And they're exactly that - thoughts.
They're not actions!
There's a space between thoughts and acting on those thoughts, and we all need to try to make that a safe, supportive space...for everyone.
If you're having thoughts of suicide, please try to find the strength to seek support or at least talk to someone you feel you can open up to about these thoughts, why you're having them (if you know!), and how to make sure they remain just thoughts.
There are many people and organisations who can help you, and who want to help you (see reply comments).
Do you know anyone who might be struggling, who might be having thoughts of suicide, who might be thinking of acting on these thoughts?
It's hard to answer these questions isn't it?!
You often don't know, and there don't appear to be any visible signs.
It's why we all need to be more comfortable asking people if they're having thoughts of suicide, or asking these questions anyway despite being uncomfortable asking.
The earlier we ask and the more often we ask these questions, the more chance we have of preventing preventable suicides.
#SuicidePrevention is a combination of supporting people in crisis so they don't die by suicide, and doing all we can to stop people getting as far as a suicide crisis.
There are many things we can do to prevent crisis, including helping people who are veering on that path and also tackling the underlying issues and environment causing or contributing to someone being on that path.
When we discover that someone is in crisis, we mustn't just keep telling them to 'reach out' for help, because they're often feeling helpless, hopeless and trapped at the point-of-crisis.
We must 'reach in' to support them.
When we lose someone to suicide, the grief of the loss is often exacerbated by feelings of anger, confusion, disbelief, shame, guilt, 'why?' and 'what if...?'...
It's complex, it's complicated, it's messy, it's awful.
And the pain doesn't go away.
It can be a lifetime of grieving.
Drawing from her own experience of suicide loss, #LucindaWilliams wrote #SweetOldWorld - the title track of her highly acclaimed 1992 album.
In the many hundreds of performances of the song since, the pain of her loss comes through as she sings about the world that person has not been able to enjoy because they've 'departed too soon'...
https://lnkd.in/d9j6mAzT#bereavement#trauma#GriefAwareness#GriefAwarenessWeek#NGAW#NGAW24
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