I’m still out of town and I only have spotty internet. I know I’ve not posted anything for y’all to read lately, and I’m not likely to catch back up soon. So, I’ve decided to pull out some of my old Live Journal posts and put them up here. This one is from 2005, when [...]
Okay. I’ve heard enough about swine flu now that I want to talk about it. There are so many things happening in the world and happening in our daily lives, that the information flow should be pretty varied. When you start to hear a story or phrase repeated over and over, it’s time to sit [...]
Here’s what’s on my mind today: I am becoming completely uninterested in keeping secrets and managing the subtleties in what is and isn’t “supposed” to be said out loud. It seems like it’s hard enough to figure out how to speak my own truth while not completely alienating everyone around me (a balance I’m not [...]
Awhile back, I wrote about honesty and Nonviolent Communication (NVC). I recently read an article about our tolerance for racism that reminded me of an important NVC concept that’s a bit hard to grasp.
First, the NVC idea: It is not in anyone’s best interest for me to modify my actions/desires in order to cause or [...]
