On Connectedness

Loneliness
Is
An island
In
The middle
Of
A sea of people
--R.R. (age 11)


Health Through Friendship:
According to research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.,
having close friends you can count on has far-reaching benefits
for your physical and mental health.
A strong social network can be critical to helping you through
the stress of tough times, whether you've
had a bad day at work or a year filled with loss or chronic illness.
Dr. Edward T. Creagan is a cancer specialist at the Mayo Clinic
and the author of "How Not to Be My Patient:
A Physician’s Secrets for Staying Healthy and Surviving any Diagnosis."
He says a prescription of friendship can go a long way toward a healthy future.
“Mounting evidence from sociologists, psychologists
and medical researchers suggests that strong social support
-- I like the term 'connectedness' -- can help a person live longer,” he said.
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