Becoming a Receiver: Part Two
A conventional cultural saying goes, “the more we give, the more we receive.” I respect the spirit of this particular conventional wisdom. Unconventionally, an alternative expression could be; “the more we receive, the more we offer.” For example, if you visit my...
Becoming a Receiver: Part One
(In next month’s blog, I’ll discuss ‘Becoming a Receiver’ from a theoretical perspective. Theory is not abstraction. Theory is based on practical experiences. As such, the practical experience of a half inning baseball game presented below will guide Part Two.) It’s...
The Emotional Energy of Anger
I love Aristotle. And Heidegger. Each discussed simple ideas about the happenings of Life without compromising complexity or ambiguity. Aristotle wrote, “Anybody can become angry ~ that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the...
Poking Positive Psychology and Extending Carl Rogers
Over the years, I’ve picked up on a certain phenomenon. It hasn’t been researched (as far as I know) so feel free to peck away at the legitimacy and/or unscientific Nature of the phenomenon. When the weather is grey in Ohio, most people easily and comfortable blame...