Wellness & Well-being Highlights February 3rd

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of February 3rd, 2025

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog looks at advice on how to create a more healthy and productive workplace—to news on a non-addictive alternative to opioid painkillers—to a new AI model from China that has seemingly upset the US applecart. This week I would like to take this opportunity to honor those who were victims of Nazi concentration camps, in particular, Auschwitz—as we celebrate their 75^th anniversary of liberation.

The article linked below makes a case for us to compare and contrast what transpired ¾ of a century ago with recent current events. As such, one of the few remaining victims said the following:

“More and more we seem to be having trouble connecting our historical knowledge with our moral choices today.”

Meanwhile the author goes on to note, “Toxic political rhetoric and attacks directed at groups of peoples — using language to dehumanize them — that were once considered taboo have become common across the world’s democracies.”

Their concerns are my concerns. It seems as more and more of these Holocaust victims pass on, our memories fade. My father—like many of yours—enlisted to fight in WWII just after graduating high school. Overcoming an evil despot was more important to him than pursuing a MLB career. He paid a dear price and so did his family. The injuries he sustained in France would haunt him until his untimely death in 1974 at the age of 48.

In closing, please ponder the words of a 96-year-old Auschwitz survivor:

“I fear that over time, it will become easier to distort history. I cannot say it will never happen again, because when you look at some leaders of today, those dangerous ambitions, pride and sense of being better than others are still at play. Who knows where they can lead.” In a world where truth and facts are constantly challenged by false and deceptive narratives, one must take an active role in ensuring “NEVER AGAIN.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/world/europe/auschwitz-liberation-75th-anniversary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU4.yCLg.Xe23ZVUNYLsJ&smid=url-share

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