The best thing about words is they can lead to some funny moments. The other day my just-turned-four year old asked for some “raw toast.” That’s one way to ask for bread. Even funnier was my other daughter. A few months ago before my wife gave birth to our third, my oldest daughter very … [Read more...]
Words Mean Very Little (The Frivolity of Words Pt 1)
One of the most important things we can learn about communication is words mean very little. You know how we might hold onto words someone said to us from our childhood or something our spouse said when they were angry? Yeah, those are all things we should’ve thrown in the garbage a long time ago. … [Read more...]
The 5 Types of Communicators
Fun Fact: This is my 600th post Life was made to be simple: Work to eat and drink, eat and drink, connect with others, and rest – that’s basically it. Life is so simple there are only three primary colours, seven basic facial expressions, and even four types of chromosomes (metacentric, … [Read more...]
Can God Appreciate Porn? (Porn Pt2) I believe the devil has three main goals: To make us so ashamed of ourselves we hide from God like in the Garden of Eden To cause division between people To make good people hide from the world in order to prevent them from making it better I can’t … [Read more...]
Anger: The Exploding Kind… Going Deeper
Last week we looked at exploding based on the following two scales and I pointed out I lost it after being Overly Patient and Under Reacting. This caused me to bottle up to the point I suddenly had an Overreaction: Impatient (-10)-------------Patient to a Point (0) -------------Overly Patient … [Read more...]
Anger: The Exploding Kind
I’m obsessed with scales... no, it’s not a weight thing. It’s hard to care about weight when your main dietary source is carbs and the second is cookies. I’m obsessed with scales for understanding things: Is it too much, too little, or just right? Who knew the author of Goldilocks and the Three … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Support Someone
One of the most common complaints I hear from people is they want to feel supported. Makes sense doesn’t it? It’s good to feel supported... but what does that mean? What’s interesting is the people most adamant that they want to feel supported (e.g. young people wanting more supportive parents or … [Read more...]
What Type of Aggressive are You?
I used to be scared of aggressive people, but now I love them. I better considering my wife is aggressive. Actually, she’s an interesting mix. She only appears aggressive with a select lucky few (yea, for special treatment). I used to be scared of aggressive people because I grew up scared of … [Read more...]
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