Hearing What Is No Longer There - Social Media and Other Fallouts!

What triggered me wanting to write this post is a common scenario one might get on social media. You know, the flippant, funny or even enquiring comment misinterpreted  that quickly escalates into an argument or difficulty which become a difficult to back out out?! 

The written word of course has no tone or facial expressions to accompany, soften or abate the meaning. Feelings can easily escalate and once a time is assumed it can be reinterpreted no matter how hard the struggle. 

The Great Change - A lifesaver or Risky Business

Creating change may not have to be as risky as the guy's choice in the photo pictured here (a young man train hopping in the 1920's) but it does involve risk. Not many of us enjoy experiencing change although early childhood experiences, our chemical and neurological makeup probably contribute greatly to just how affected we really are by change. But how can we approach chosen, unwanted or unexpected changes philosophically and without disturbing our inner peace?

The Inner Focus - Does anything really change?

Why Can't Anger Simply Be Held Inside?

I was watching a broadcast yesterday of a very open and honest couple who described some of the marriage problems they had overcome. Determined to be the 'good little wife' and not to repeat the mistakes of her aggressive father, the wife, who we shall call Sally had taken to holding all her anger inside. Sally never contradicted her husband, never nagged and never did anything to disturb the peace. However, many issues arose which were left unresolved and Sally's anger eventually erupted into violence - the very thing Sally had been so desperately trying to avoid!