Sadness

The feeling of being unhappy, especially because something bad has happened:

Her sadness at her grandfather’s death was obvious.

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Communication Professor’s Reaction to Ronald Reagan’s Challenger Shuttle Speech

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In première gegaan op 22 mrt. 2021

Reaction to Ronald Reagan’s Challenger Shuttle Speech to the nation given the same day (live) the space shuttle exploded. Free Download pdf Confident Speaking: http://www.communicationskillscoach.c…
 

SPEECH TEXT
Ladies and gentlemen, I’d planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and remembering.

Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss.

Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But we’ve never lost an astronaut in flight; we’ve never had a tragedy like this. And perhaps we’ve forgotten the courage it took for the crew of the shuttle; but they, the Challenger Seven, were aware of the dangers, but overcame them and did their jobs brilliantly. We mourn seven heroes: Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe. We mourn their loss as a nation together.

For the families of the seven, we cannot bear, as you do, the full impact of this tragedy. But we feel the loss, and we’re thinking about you so very much. Your loved ones were daring and brave, and they had that special grace, that special spirit that says, “Give me a challenge and I’ll meet it with joy.” They had a hunger to explore the universe and discover its truths. They wished to serve, and they did. They served all of us.

We’ve grown used to wonders in this century. It’s hard to dazzle us. But for 25 years the United States space program has been doing just that. We’ve grown used to the idea of space, and perhaps we forget that we’ve only just begun. We’re still pioneers. They, the members of the Challenger crew, were pioneers.

And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle’s takeoff. I know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It’s all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It’s all part of taking a chance and expanding man’s horizons. The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we’ll continue to follow them.

I’ve always had great faith in and respect for our space program, and what happened today does nothing to diminish it. We don’t hide our space program. We don’t keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up-front and in public. That’s the way freedom is, and we wouldn’t change it for a minute.

We’ll continue our quest in space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue.

I want to add that I wish I could talk to every man and woman who works for NASA or who worked on this mission and tell them: “Your dedication and professionalism have moved and impressed us for decades. And we know of your anguish. We share it.”

There’s a coincidence today. On this day 390 years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama. In his lifetime the great frontiers were the oceans, and an historian later said, “He lived by the sea, died on it, and was buried in it.” Well, today we can say of the Challenger crew: Their dedication was, like Drake’s, complete.

The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and “slipped the surly bonds of earth” to “touch the face of God.”

1 Lezing Manu Keirse: ‘Loslaten is anders dan leren vasthouden’ – 22 oktober 2021, Melderslo

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26 okt. 2021

Op vrijdagavond 22 oktober heeft de heer Manu Keirse, klinisch psycholoog, een lezing verzorgd over omgaan met verlies; ‘Loslaten is anders leren vasthouden’. De lezing was live bij te wonen in MFC de Zwingel in Melderslo en via een livestream. Zo’n 100 mensen hebben de lezing bijgewoond.

De heer Manu Keirse is, naast klinisch psycholoog, doctor in de geneeskunde en de autoriteit in België en Nederland als het gaat om verdriet en verlies. Zijn boeken zijn stuk voor stuk bestsellers en werden in vele talen vertaald.

De lezing is ontzettend goed ontvangen en er kwamen dan ook veel hartverwarmende reacties, zoals: “Wat een bijzondere lezing en wat een wijsheid!”.

 Prof. dr. Manu Keirse @Boogh Symposium. Een lezing om stil van te worden…
 

6 nov. 2017

Beluister en bekijk hier de indrukwekkende lezing van keynote speaker Prof. dr. Manu Keirse, tijdens het symposium van Boogh ’40 jaar verbindende kracht’
 
Ingrid Van
Een levenslang verdriet(61jaar) nooit ouderliefde gekend, vechten voor eigenliefde, zelfvertrouwen. Rouwen om iets dat ik nooit mocht ervaren
Ellen Van Alphen
Twee jaar later.. maar dank je wel
Ingrid Van
Het uiteindelijk ziek worden,hoort ook bij jouw” zijn” dat is “jouw lot., bestemming. Aanvaarding, plaatsing, zich neerleggen, loslaten van het vleselijke tijdelijke, het menselijke.. wij leven niet eeuwig! Maar goed ook, niet?
christiane elisa louisa Heylen
zoveel verkeerde woorden tussen het merendeel goede verhaal. Rare typfouten

2 PlantTroost – Expert Manu Keirse

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30 apr. 2020

 
 

3 Bestaat er een medicijn tegen verdriet?

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Google ‘Manu Keirse’ en de zoekmachine leert je dat je te maken hebt met de man die Vlaanderen leerde rouwen. Maar hoe doe je dat, rouwen? En hoe kan je er anderen bij helpen? Professor Keirse helpt je erbij!

4 – 2017 01 02 Kijken in de ziel De achterblijvers

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5 Manu Keirse over omgaan met mensen in rouw

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30 mei 2011

6 Manu Keirse over fases van rouwverwerking

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7 Manu Keirse over de symptomen van rouw

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30 mei 2011

8 Breaking Cop Car Window Prank

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12 jun. 2016

Don’t tell this cop you had nothing to do with breaking his car window… He was literally looking at you while you did it! Guilty as charged!
 
Welcome to the world-famous Just for Laughs Gags channel, where we pull public pranks on unsuspecting Montreal residents and tourists.