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+ Spiritual Literacy Blog offers "Does Twitter Prove We're Getting Sadder?" by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Excerpt: "Sadness is an honest response to the deep losses and the genuine suffering that people are experiencing. The challenges of this era call upon us all to focus on the inner work that enables us to develop the spiritual qualities — patience, resiliency, equanimity, joy, perseverance, hope — necessary to carry on despite the hard times."