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This seems unimaginable but I have told lies to several patients whose spouses (配偶) had died. Mrs. Walton was in her eighties and desperate to see her husband. She'd been in hospital after a fall and was in pain. She called out for him frequently and couldn't understand why he wasn't there to comfort her. She was becoming more upset and would try to get up to find him, in spite of being at risk of falling again. "He's on his way, don't worry," the nurses would say and this would calm her down. She'd smile and roll her eyes and say how he was always late for things and tell the same story about him being late for their wedding nearly 60 years ago.

Part of the natural history of many of the dementias (痴呆), in particular Alzheimer's disease which is what Mrs. Walton had, is that the sufferer loses their memory of recent events, but retains memories from the distant past. Sufferers are trapped forever in a puzzling past. It is strongly upsetting and tormenting. Many of the behavioral difficulties that I have seen in those with dementia relate to them feeling scared and confused that they are surrounded by strange people, even when they are surrounded by their family, because they have regressed back to decades ago. They look at their adult children confused and wonder who they could be because they think their children are still toddlers (幼童).

How does one address this? I have had countless families break down in tears in clinics, not knowing what to say or how to react as their loved one moves further and further away from them back into their distant past and they are left behind in the present. The lies that doctors and nurses tell these patients are not big, elaborate lies — they are brief confirmations intended to comfort and allow the subject to be swiftly changed. It is, when done in the right way, kind and compassionate. Sometimes, honesty is simply not the best policy.

Local Hero

Local Hero digs into the conflict between a giant US oil company and a faraway Scottish village when the former plans to build an oil company. However, the exceptionally captivating landscapes and the firm attitude of the villagers impact the company's decision. The story has been a lasting appeal to audiences, even after over four decades.

Kes

British director Ken Loach's first successful film, Kes, describes the touching narrative of a young Yorkshire boy taking the journey of capturing and training an eagle. The film offers a unique description of Yorkshire, filled with engaging sights.

The Dig

The delightful counties surrounding London are vividly described in The Dig, set against the peaceful countryside of Suffolk before World War II. Ralph Fiennes, a famous actor, plays the role of a self-taught archaeologist unearthing the mysteries of an Anglo-Saxon tomb, adding to its fun.

Calvary

Irish director Michael McDonagh's films set in Ireland are undoubtedly enchanting, often including Ireland's picturesque scenery into the story. Among these, Calvary, stands out. It records the difficult and tiring journey of a moral priest (牧师), dealing with the evil forces within his area.

Huangshan-based lacquerware artisan Gan Erke has devoted his life to reviving (复兴) ancient lacquer techniques. His journey began at a local arts and crafts factory, he noticed a gap between traditional Chinese lacquerware and modern global standards. This led him to revive the nearly lost rhinoceros leather (xi pi) lacquer technique, (inspire) by a brief description in a Ming Dynasty text. After (year) of experimentation, he successfully recreated and enhanced the technique by adding gold and increasing layers (层) from six to up to 102, (achieve)greater depth and movement.

One of his (influence) works is a round box with complex rhinoceros leather patterns. The surface is polished to mirror-like finish, reflecting light beautifully. Another example is a tea container, to which Gan applied the same high standards, ensuring perfect polish both inside and out. Each piece takes over a year (complete), as Gan aims for perfection.

Gan's works have earned (recognize) at home and abroad. In 2011, one of his rhinoceros leather lacquered round boxes (add) to the permanent collection at Beijing's Palace Museum. Major museums the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the US have also acquired his pieces.

Yet, there are3. I still remember a family trip to a scenic spot in Georgia. Several ladies were taking pictures there, one of whom was4 with a bunch of flowers. I truly liked them, and went up to her, saying how lovely they were. Immediately, she5 to give me the flowers to take a picture with. I smiled6 as my mom took out her camera. Yet this stranger's kindness didn't end there: the woman insisted that I7 the flowers — she saw that they8 my happiness.

People usually receive flowers from loved ones, and it's so9 to receive them from a stranger! The flowers gradually withered (枯萎) away, but the10 will stay with me forever. This small gift became a powerful11 of the goodness that people can12 to others.

I13 a lot of people on that trip, but I still remember this experience, which shows that a14 action can go a long way. The flowers made my day, and every time I think back to it, the world seems a bit15.

Any goals you set for yourself should be specific. Studies have shown, for example, that when individuals make daily exercise commitments, they're more likely to increase their fitness levels. For instance, "walking 10,000 steps a day" is much better than "doing your best".

Some tasks are extremely challenging. In such cases, it can be helpful to create external motivators for yourself over the short-to-medium term. You might promise yourself a vacation for finishing a project or buy yourself a gift for losing weight. For instance, rewarding weight loss with junk food sets back progress.

When people work towards a goal, they usually start with strong motivation but then their effort decreases in the middle, when they are most likely to stop. If you divide your goal into smaller steps, like setting weekly instead of three-month targets, you'll have less time to fall into that unwanted decline.

The people who will best motivate you to accomplish certain tasks are not necessarily those who do the tasks well. Instead, they're folks who share a big-picture goal with you. Thinking of those people and our desire to succeed on their behalf can help provide the powerful motivation we need to reach our goals. A woman may find boring work rewarding if she feels she is providing an example for her daughter.

A. These approaches can help drive you forward.

B. As social beings, we can use social influence wisely.

C. But external rewards can backfire if mismatched with goals.

D. Luckily, shortening the middle can help change this pattern.

E. Concrete tasks are usually more effective than abstract ambitions.

F. Support from loved ones can turn boring tasks into meaningful acts.

G. Research has uncovered several ways to help you design smart rewards.

This ancient tale from One Thousand and One Nights highlights storytelling's impact. Our recent research shows that strong storytelling skills can dramatically improve someone's well-being.

At its core, storytelling helps people find meaning from life's chaos. Studies show we shape our identities by turning experiences into personal stories. Skilled storytellers excel at two key skills: they need to connect events logically and they must learn to see the world through the eyes of their characters, understanding the "why" of what drives people. Applying these two skills to their own lives, skillful storytellers use the first to identify and pursue what gives their life meaning, while the second develops a mindset that prioritizes the "why" behind their actions over just the "how".

To illustrate this point, we conducted studies with 800 participants. We measured storytelling ability through self-reports, friend evaluations and expert reviews on lab experiments where each participant told one story about himself and the other with three given random words. In addition to these assessments of storytelling skills, we asked participants questions to get a sense of how meaningful they found life and whether they approached decisions with a "why" mindset rather than a "how" mindset.

Results consistently linked storytelling skills to stronger life meaning and goal clarity. Personality also mattered: people open to new experiences collected more interesting life stories, while shy people used storytelling to balance out their limited social interaction.

A strong "why" mindset connects with reduced stress and extended life. Storytelling also builds social connections. By helping people express their purpose and build relationships, stories may indirectly strengthen both mental and physical health.

Storytelling workshops, now popular globally, may do more than teach communication they could help participants redefine their life's direction.

Self-concept inertia is the psychological resistance to changing our identity. Our self-concept is influenced by our narrative identity, which is made up of the stories we tell about ourselves. These narratives can go beyond simply describing who we are today — they can restrict us from being who we believe we're capable of becoming in the future. This means that even if we want to change, as long as we hold onto our old identities, we'll unintentionally resist making the changes we know we need to make to become the "new" version of ourselves.

Our self-concept doesn't yield easily, even to our conscious (有意识的) desires. When your behaviors contradict your self-image, you experience a state of psychological discomfort. For example, if you've always seen yourself as "not a morning person", successfully waking up at 5 a. m. creates tension with your established identity. So your brain has two options: Update your self-concept (hard) or abandon the new behavior (easier). As Carol Dweck discusses in her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, people with "fixed mindsets" tend to avoid challenges that might contradict their self-concept.

Yet your self-concept is malleable by design. Notice when you use a phrase like "I'm just not a ________ person". The absolute statement signals few changes will happen. Instead of "I'm not an organized person" (identity), try "I haven't developed strong organizational systems yet" (behavior). Identity statements feel permanent, but behavior statements feel changeable. Identifying these habits also gives you insight into a solution you can practice and improve.

Self-concept inertia weakens when we hold our identities lightly. When we see ourselves as works in progress rather than finished products, we create the psychological space needed for genuine transformation. The question isn't whether you can change — it's whether you're willing to let go of familiar limitations to discover what lies beyond them.

She discovered a newborn hare near her house, unguarded by a nest or its mother. At first, she left it, hot wanting to disturb nature's course. But when she returned hours later to find the hare still there, exposed to the rough weather and potential enemies, she nervously took it home, without any knowledge of hare care. She carefully fed it milk with a dropper. While there was plenty of rabbit advice online, hares were still mysterious.

Refusing to domesticate the hare, Dalton let it move freely in her home, adjusting her busy life to match its habits. Its simple life reshaped her view: "If I could get this much pleasure from something so simple," she reflects, "what else might be waiting to be discovered?" Their life together ended the strong focus on her busy life and brought a greater awareness of the environment.

In her book, Dalton gives historical context on the human-hare relationship and illustrates how horribly hares have often been treated. The brown hare population in Britain has declined 80 percent in the past century due to hunting and agriculture. The story provides a peaceful feeling with its delicate illustrations, but Dalton avoids idealizing nature, recognizing humans' influence on animals.

Animal encounter books are common, and the good ones act like peaceful countryside escapes. We already understand the basic outlines even without reading books with similar themes — Catherine Raven's Fox & I and Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk. But Dalton's weak animal is much lower on the food chain, adding more suspense to Raising Hare: Will the small creature survive until the story ends? Dalton's journey with her "weak companion" offers a reminder that healing (疗愈) often comes not from control, but from adjusting to nature.

The Archaeology Lab is staffed entirely by volunteers and college students. We encourage anyone who is interested to get in touch with us. As a volunteer, you'll have the opportunity to:

●dig in areas that scientists think contain objects that show how the local people lived.

●sort soil through big screens to find small items like old pipes, nails, and Indian artifacts (器物).

●smooth the units to reveal color and texture patterns that provide evidence of how the land was used.

●wash and identify recovered artifacts.

If you are interested in regularly volunteering, we encourage you to consider creating your own research project. You can:

●develop original research questions.

●create procedures to answer those questions.

●do the research with support from assistant volunteer scientists.

●write reports about the methods and findings.

Age and time commitment

Minimum age is 16.

Minimum time commitment is three 3-hour visits.

Days/times

The lab is active on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., but volunteers don't need to stay the entire day.

To sign up or for more information

Contact Rachael Mady, SERC Participatory Science Coordinator, at MadyR@si.edu or 443-482-2276.

Emma stared at her laptop screen, her fingers over the keyboard. The cursor (光标) blinked in the empty text box of the blog she had just created. "My Journey to Self-Acceptance" read the title, but the words felt too big, too exposed. Taking a deep breath, she began to type: "Today, I failed my math test again. I feel like I'm drowning in expectations — from my parents, my teachers, even myself. Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be good enough." Her finger hesitated over the delete button, but something inside pushed her to hit 'publish'. Almost immediately, her heart started racing. What if someone from school saw this? What if they thought she was weak?

The next morning, Emma woke up to three messages. Her stomach churned (反胃) as she opened the blog, expecting mean words, or worse, indifference. Instead, she found:

"Hey, I feel the same way sometimes. You're not alone."— MathStruggles

"Your words really relate to me. Thank you for being brave enough to share." — SunshineGirl

"Keep going! We're all working toward progress." — WiseOwl

Tears welled up in Emma's eyes as she read the comments. For the first time in months, she didn't feel alone.

Over the next few weeks, Emma's blog became her safe space. She wrote about her struggles with anxiety, her fear of failure, and her journey towards self-acceptance. With each post, more people shared their own stories in the comments. As she read through the stories, Emma realized something important: By sharing her imperfections, she had created a space where others felt safe to share their imperfections too. The blog became more than just a diary; it became a community. It also became a source of practical advice. When Emma wrote about her struggles with time management, users flooded the comments with helpful tips and resources. Some even created study schedules and shared them in the comments.

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One day, a comment from WiseOwl caught her attention: "Have you considered starting a study group?"

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