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    How to Battle Sadness

    “Sorrow can be alleviated by a good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.” -Attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas- I thought today was a good day to share a little wisdom from one of my favorite Saints, Thomas Aquinas, especially for those days when you aren’t exactly feeling it. You will find some who will point out that St. Thomas Aquinas didn’t EXACTLY come up with this quote above — the man wasn’t known for his pithy statements — but one could say that his treatment of the remedies for sorrow in the Summa Theologicae definitely support the sentiment. That’s right: one of the world’s greatest philosophical minds (in…