Everyday, life offers us so many opportunities to get distracted from what is truly important in our lives. The busyness of our work, the demands of supporting our families, those things which come up which affect us emotionally, even our concern about how our bodies look can become part of the whirlwind. Ironically we do […]
I mentioned Wednesday how I got a new understanding about my book It’s All About Me, and how the Involved Observer process works, even after working with it for almost two years before publication, and I want to share it with you. In the IO process we ask ourselves why something is bothering us. We
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OK, so here is a guy who spends two years writing a book, It’s All About Me, the Involved Observer. The book gets published, and he starts doing workshops around the material. Imagine his surprise when, he sits down with a group in Akron, Ohio to do the workshop and he learns there is an entirely
I come from Southern California where we are in a severe water situation. At least once a month, it seems, we are told the gas prices are going up because of one thing or another, we deal with rolling power shortages frequently too. You may not be from SoCal, but I am certain that somewhere
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Once again I am spending my week in Akron, Ohio as part of the All American Soap Box Derby. This week is incredibly time focused week. Events are scheduled very tightly and each is essential in some way. Sound familiar? This week is so hectic I actually loose sight of what day it is! This
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There you are, handing over a gift to someone. This gift has been carefully selected, thought about and given with love. Then the receipient turns around and gives it to someone else or simply sets it aside. You are devistated, or maybe even angry. “How can they do that?” you ask. They can do that
Friday I wrote about disharmony and the poison it brings into our lives. Today I want to look at other sources of that same type of poison which rots our insides and leaves almost no impression on the person who is the focus of that disharmony. UNFORGIVENESS: One of the most common poisons to which we
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No, we are not going to sit around the campfire and sing ” Michael rowed the boat ashore.” What we are going to do is realize every positive relationship we have is one which is united in harmony, or united in love. When we relate to others from the perspective of respect and honor, we are
This phrase “dysfunctional family” is one which has stuck in my craw for some time. First it requires a judgment about the validity of someones life. Even if you are in that family, you only see a very narrow range of what is going on. Second, it does not matter how the family is functioning,
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When we send our kids off to school we think the teachers at that school are going to teach our kids (or grand kids) what they need to know. The truth is those dedicated people in the teaching profession do a wonderful job in so many areas, but the most important lessons are not the ones
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