Reader’s Digest International — August 2017

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BeLikedintheRealWorld
I read with interest the Dalai Lama’s article
‘Behind Our Anxiety, the Fear of Being
Unneeded’ (May). Some of my friends are on
Facebook and check it almost every minute to
see how many ‘likes’ they have. When they get
‘liked’ they are delighted, but when they get
‘disliked’ they get mad. This is self-centred
behaviour: if they really wanted to feel needed,
they could volunteer to help people in need,
instead of focusing on meaningless numbers
on Facebook. ATHENA CHAU MEI YAN

Going Through Kidney Hell

Thanks for your article on kidney

stones ‘To Hell and Back with

KidneyStones’(May).I’vefollowed

my doctor’s advice to drink plenty

offluids(wateristhebestbet).

Thisincreasestheamountofwater

intheurine,sothemineral

concentrations don’t get too high.

DAVID CHURCHILL

My eight-year-old daughter pointed

out your article to me.

She knows only too

wellaboutmypain

andhospitalvisitsa

year ago due to kidney

stones. The pain was

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unbearable. The ordeal kept me in

the hospital for five days. The rise

inthenumberofpeoplesuffering

from kidney stones is alarming.

SAMIA NAJAM

Finding the Missing Piece

SusanSilverman’sstory‘TheMissing

Piece’(May)isamovingaccountof

how she helped her adopted son. She

hasanamazingabilitytosharethe

challenges and rewards of the

parenting process.

LINDA ATKINSON

I believe that true

satisfaction lies in

giving another human

being a better life, and