Being senior enough in the field, having enough solidity, I don't feel afraid of being marginalized.
Interpretation
Confidence in one's experience and contributions can mitigate the fear of being overlooked.
In this quote, Elizabeth Blackburn expresses that her experience and established position in her field grant her a sense of security and resilience. She suggests that when one is confident in their expertise and contributions, they are less likely to fear marginalization, highlighting the importance of self-assurance and recognition of one's value in professional environments.
In practice
In a presentation about professional growth, one might quote Blackburn to emphasize the value of confidence in overcoming challenges.
Cancer cells have had so many other things go wrong with them, genetic, non-genetic changes, that those cells, one of the things they then get selected for is that they have lots of telomerase because now the telomeres in those cells get maintained.
We and other groups are seeing clear statistical links between telomere shortness and risk for a variety of diseases that are becoming very common, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain cancers.
Checking your telomere length is a bit like weighing yourself: you get this single number which depends on a lot of factors. Telomere length gives a sense of your underlying health.
We think there are lifestyle factors that boost telomerase naturally.
For me, arguably the story of telomeres and telomerase began thousands of years ago, in the cornfields of the Maya highlands of Central America.
If we think of our chromosomes - they carry our genetic material - as being like shoelaces, I work on the plastic tips at the end that protect them.
One person can make a difference, even if it takes forty years.
Jesus has many who love the kingdom of God, but few who bear a cross. He has many who desire His comfort, but few who desire His suffering. All want to rejoice with him, but few are willing to suffer for Him. He writes; there are many who admire his miracles, but there are few who follow in the humiliation of the cross.
Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either.
It takes courage to grieve, to honor the pain we carry. We can grieve in tears or in meditative silence, in prayer or in song. In touching the pain of recent and long-held griefs, we come face to face with our genuine human vulnerability, with helplessness and hopelessness. These are the storm clouds of the heart.
Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.
We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.
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