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Happy Valentine’s Day!
We grow, either individually or together, not by hating what’s wrong, but by loving what’s right.
Very often through the frustrations of life we focus on those negative things that push our buttons. We forget the things that gave us joy about those we love most, particularly about our significant other.
When we fall in love we seem to admire the attributes in our prospective partner that we don’t see in ourselves. The old saying is “opposites attract”. Often over time those things that once captivated us about the “love of our life” become the traits we grow to despise! What causes us to scorn the things we once admired and the person we once loved? Perhaps it’s because we struggle to be what… Continue reading
A long time ago in China, a girl named Li-Li got married & went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her mother-in-law’s habits. In addition, she criticized Li-Li constantly.
Days passed and weeks passed. Li-Li and her mother-in-law never stopped arguing and fighting. But what made the situation even worse was that, according to ancient Chinese tradition, Li-Li had to bow to her mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All the anger and unhappiness in the house was causing Li-Li’s poor husband great distress.
Finally, Li-Li could not stand her mother-in-law’s bad temper and dictatorship any longer, and… Continue reading
How do you interpret the world? We all see the world through different lenses. Although people may look at the same thing at the same time, their description could be very different. Disagreements arise from viewing a situation thru our own lens based on our own set of circumstances. When our interpretations are challenged we naturally defend them and fight for what we believe. Others react similarly when we challenge their interpretations. Nobody wants to be wrong!
Imagine, for a moment, that we place three people in a field of roses in Provence. One woman is on her honeymoon, one is a botanist, and one has a deathly allergy to bees. Each of these individuals would most probably describe the field quite differently. For one, there is a field… Continue reading
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