Dear Isra:

Tell them that unless they change their attitude and slow down, their lives are going to vary from being “just” stressed, to being super-stressed with rare and fleeting breaks of calm. Tell them that this is an opportunity for them to practice calm, best they can, in the midst of challenge, and if they succeed, they will learn something more valuable than anything else they learned in high school.

(But if you tell them this, will they look at you like you are from another planet?)

anita