Katie mentions to her spouse that she wants the toilet seat down, please! Her spouse, Dave, responds in a slightly annoyed voice that he’ll do it if he remembers to do it. Katie, already annoyed that he ‘forgot’ again, reacts – mildly, she thinks later…
I recently read that after Margaret Thatcher said “I beg your pardon” she was ridiculed by Princess Anne as “common” because U’s (meaning upper class) never beg. Who knows how true that story is – many of the upper class have plenty to beg pardon…
I’m reminded of the Serenity Prayer – many times a week – as people, including myself, wrestle with the restrictions that continue to be a part of all our lives. The Serenity Prayer, originating from the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the 1930’s, goes like this:…
Fear and courage are concepts that seem to be in the mental atmosphere that surrounds me. It could be due to who I’ve been reading and thinking about lately. It could be because of what I’ve noticed about how people are at the moment…
Mark has been stuck in his apartment since March. He’s managed OK, but last week he woke because of a pain in his chest. It hurt so much that he went to his local emergency department at the hospital. He waited for hours. When…
In my practice and in my personal life, I witness and experience mature, well-adjusted people hang onto what hurts and makes them suffer. People come to me to help them let go of the hurt and suffering, and then struggle with really letting it…
