I came home to see my (young!) sons washing my wife’s car. With the windows down. Yep, LOTS of water in the car. Situation Water in Car Reaction 1 Damages, cost, stupid, etc. Emotion Anger, annoyance, upset, mad, etc. OR Reaction 2 Wow, just like in cartoons! Emotion Open door and laugh while … Read more
A rejection becomes relevant only when your action /non-action makes it so. If everyone agreed with the rejections of so-called experts, how would this world now be. (I was up to several pages after only an hour of searching!) – His teachers’ opinion: too stupid to learn anything. THOMAS EDISON (1,300+ inventions) – Protest with all our strength … Read more
There is a difference between Description and Judgment. With Description you say almost anything you want and mean absolutely nothing by it. You go on living as if that did not exist. With Judgment, when you say something about someone you then proceed to modify your actions accordingly. Good families scream and yell at each … Read more
I almost got a ticket the other day. I almost missed my stop /exit. A car almost ran me down. I was walking along and it roared right by me. It was a close call. But you were on a sidewalk! Yes, but it was close. We tend to translate everyday possibilities … Read more
You might think you are going around in circles. Which proves you’re in a spiral. If you really were in a circle you would not know it. That is a circle. Doing things over and over without knowing it. The instant you realize you’re repeating things — going around and around — … Read more
Wow! What happened here? Well, as you can see, I have water all over the floor of my recreation room. Can you help me clean it up? Sure. And he starts mopping the water. Then he notices the tap is still running in the sink. And the sink is overflowing. Hey, shouldn’t you close … Read more