While the world today may be more chaotic than ever before, a Salmon Arm writer91裸聊视频檚 upcoming presentation aims to encourage people to face that chaos head-on.
The Vernon Public Library will host Calvin White for an evening presentation March 14 on staying positive and actively engaged amid times of global challenge.
White is a prolific writer, having penned more than 130 essays that appeared in major Canadian newspapers on a wide range of topics, from the Dalai Lama and Canadian politics to the war in Ukraine, the tragedy unfolding in Gaza and the needs of teenagers.
White is the author of two non-fiction books, the most recent titled Letters from the Land of Fear, which is about the year he spent with Doctors Without Borders as a mental health specialist.
During that mission, White helped people suffering from multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). He was tasked with keeping them in a positive mindset, thereby helping them to stay alive despite their medical condition.
For White, staying positive and connected with others at a time when there is so much hardship and negativity in the world is a challenge worth taking up.
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He acknowledges it can be difficult to stay aware of the news without feeling despair. 91裸聊视频淭oo often, people simply want to turn away and tune out.91裸聊视频�
But according to White, when people tune out the chaos in the world 91裸聊视频渋t not only ensures that we have no say in the forces around us91裸聊视频ut we actually decrease our own sense of wholeness.91裸聊视频�
White says his presentation will be 91裸聊视频渁n intimate evening of affirmation of our human capacity to stay compassionate and robust despite the world91裸聊视频檚 stresses.91裸聊视频�
The presentation will include an audio-visual component, applicable readings from White91裸聊视频檚 two poetry books (Facing the Sweating Horse and The Bodies), and a commentary that addresses 91裸聊视频渢he innate human spirit.91裸聊视频�
The free presentation at the Vernon Public Library will take place at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 14.
White thanked the Canada Council of the Arts through the Writers91裸聊视频� Union of Canada for their financial support for the presentation.
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