It is not fair, it is not reasonable, it is not right. Where does all this come from? These are the fruits of sickness and dysfunction. These are the fruits of abuse and poverty. The question becomes … What do I do with what I have experienced? What do I do with what I am…
Read more...Mental Illness Awareness Week is Oct. 4–10! – We are people helping people to support balanced living, sobriety & sanity through life altering experiences that maximize human potential to build a better world Creating a better world. For a starter, A World Without Stigma is a starter. This mental Illness Awareness season reminds us once more that…
Read more...Critical Carefrontation: Self-management Practices Desiring to be at peace with people is a good thing Use conflict as an opportunity to serve others Encourage good practice by personal example Deal only with issues that are too important to overlook Overlook minor offenses Guard your attitude from negative thinking Helpful conflict management thinking “It is my…
Read more...Helpful conflict management “Conflict is not bad – badly managed conflict is bad – but worst of all is to deny space for conflict to surface.” Find ways to discover and safely discuss the “undiscussable”. Self management Practices Desiring to be at peace with people is a good thing Use conflict as an opportunity to…
Read more...We hear people speaking about the “silent” treatment in their relationship. I wonder if you have ever experience the power of silence in creating drama, destabilizing relationship and fostering a culture of fear and distrust. The silent treatment can be a very destructive behavior when it involves personal relationships. It breeds bitterness and anger on…
Read more...On Mental and Spiritual Sobriety – Musings I wonder if In the absence of a clear understanding (or revelation) of how God sees those people He so strategically placed in our lives, most of us (thru lack of patience which is a form of anger) mistakenly try to make copies of ourselves into the suffering…
Read more...Perspective “People do not see the world as it is – they see it as they are. A leader needs a broader view.” From the movie Anna and the King “… Since our interpretations hinge on our expectations, beliefs, and values, our internal world is as important as what is outside – sometimes more so,…
Read more...Took time to muse about Professor Philip Zimbardo. Here he is speaking about how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world. A very interesting commentary on our civilization. Please let me know…
Read more...Traditions… Because of our traditions, we’ve kept our balance for many, many years. And because of our traditions, every one of us knows who he is and what God expects him to do. – Words from a fiddler on the roof: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdfX7ut8gw&fs=1&hl=en_US] Hum…. I wonder what we might need to learn from the people of…
Read more...Happy New Year! May this year be for each a season of “Goodwill” to ALL people at ALL places(Luke 2:14). I champion to deliberately find every excuse to extend the generosity, profoundly over-extending goodwill to ALL As the African Philosophy of Ubuntu teaches us, “I am what I am because of who we all are.”…
Read more...There is a rampant and exceedingly high deficit of patience on the hill where I live. This deficit seems to be easily exploited by an ever clever class of marketing specialists and I wonder if they are hiring our pshychologists to work on their behalf to exploit this deficit and profit from it through feeding…
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