When you get into a rhythm through the conditioning of an activity over an extended period of time, it’s hard to get off that rhythm. It’s also interesting how getting into that conditioning can change things for you as far as your appreciation and sensitivity to things are. When people talk to me about wisdom, […]
Read More On The Right Track: Hear Twice, Process and RespondWhat would help, is if you calmed down, take a few deep breaths and stop. Rushing ahead, quick to react and then open your mouth and say something aggressive and before you know it, the words are gone, the impact is made and we know there’s no going back after that. Why cause the hurt […]
Read More A Few Deep BreathsWhen will she stop sucking her thumb? Doesn’t she know that she’ll ruin her teeth if she keeps on doing that? Hasn’t she seen the others who have braces because of the incessant thumb-sucking? She should just grow out of it and get on with her life. Tell the same people who criticise her for […]
Read More What If They Took Away The Comfort Blanket?Surely you must have something to say. They have accused you of being a disturbing influence and your attitude and actions have upset the regular order of things. You have not complied with the status quo. You have the temerity to challenge the system and live out an alternative that others find remarkable, but the […]
Read More What Have You Got To Say For Yourself?Wherever you are in life, there is something about beauty. I don’t always appreciate it and I acknowledge sometimes I have taken it for granted. Yet there are times when the hustle and bustle of life has to take a back seat to the appreciation of true beauty. The beauty of a sky line, of […]
Read More What A BeautyWe never saw that coming. What if everything that we see now that we hadn’t seen before had always been there, but we needed to see things in a new way to recognise them? It’s something to see with a child as they learn new things – new for them – that had always been […]
Read More See Anew: Did You See That Coming?My good friend went to a restaurant the other day. Of course he didn’t take me to the restaurant, but I didn’t hold a grudge against him for it. (That’s what I told him anyway, to make sure the ‘accident’ comes across as the surprise it’s set up to be … kidding folks!) Being the […]
Read More The Kind Of Taste It LeavesAt first the effort is made to make you feel welcome. There are conversations, your contact details are taken and sure enough not long after that you get a message asking how you are. When you return there’s the recognition and the same welcoming attitude as there was initially. Once more your welfare will be […]
Read More What Will You Be Welcomed To?How are you going to leave? You could just walk out without saying anything. You could begin a series of conversations in the hope of establishing a transition period. You could develop an exit strategy that over time would allow you to leave in what might be considered an honourable or amicable manner. You could […]
Read More How Are You Going To Leave?There are times when I’ve come across comments about the way things have worked in a given place. It has made me wonder, though, what if all the criticism misses the point? What if the system is actually working perfectly fine? What if the results that are being experienced are the ones that the system […]
Read More A Few Questions About Life and Systems
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