Since true listening involves a setting aside of the self, it also temporarily involves a total acceptance of the others. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will feel less and less vulnerable, and more and more inclined to open up the […]
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No Traffic Jams
If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. ~ Matthew 5:41, NIV. There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. ~ Roger Staubach Under the Roman Impressment Law, a Roman soldier passing a Jew could […]
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Being pitied makes us feel not only insignificant and powerless but also subtly shamed. While it’s natural to want understanding and emotional support from other people, we need to see how clearly different these feelings are from pity. ~ Casey, Karen. […]
Continue reading »The Door to the Soul Opens Inward
Human nature is very prone to push blindly when frightened or frustrated. Indeed, this is precisely why the doors on all theaters and other public buildings are obliged by law to open outward—because it is the natural direction of panic. […]
Continue reading »Being the Tortoise is Fine
If recovery is to be likened to a race at all, it most certainly is about the plodding, patient, and humble runner who clearly knows that what is called for is to put one foot in front of the other […]
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