Respect … is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique.
- Annie Gottlieb
Many characteristics of human nature are hard to pin down and define, but respect ranks up there with the hardest.
You don’t think that respect is part of human nature? Well it’s the flip [...]
Archive for July, 2007
I Don’t Get No Respect
Posted in Human Nature, Medicine, Psychology, Spirituality, Uncategorized on July 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Beyond DNA To The Real You
Posted in Health Science, Media, Medicine, Uncategorized on July 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As medicine drags itself out of its dark and dangerous past, we have come to believe that the discovery of DNA and the mapping of the human genome will finally make it clear how to live a healthy life and how to correct any genetic problems we may have adopted at conception. Genetics was to [...]
I Don’t Care What You think
Posted in Human Nature, Psychology, Uncategorized on July 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
Only a sociopath has no fear about being wrong. For the rest of us a healthy dose of caution keeps us from making frequent mistakes which could harm ourselves and others. And prevent our employers from dismissing us.
As children we [...]
First, You’re Guilty, Now Let’s Talk
Posted in Human Nature, Media, Psychology, World Politics on July 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The imagination equips us to perceive reality when it is not fully materialized.
- Mary Caroline RichardsRichards uses charming and gentle words to tell us that we have the ability to detect clues and symptoms, then put flesh to their bones to develop a likely reality that exists or might potentially exist as a result of [...]
What To Do With Bullies And Abusers
Posted in Human Nature, Psychology, Uncategorized on July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Guilt is always a self-imposed burden, but it is not always rightly imposed.
- R. A. Salvatore
As a Canadian I am reminded about a reputation Canadians have. We are the only culture in the world that apologizes when we haven’t done anything wrong. For example, if two people accidentally bump into each other in a crowded [...]
Read This
Posted in Human Nature, Media, Psychology, Uncategorized on July 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake.
- Janos Arany, poet (1817-1882)
Here’s the truth. Children learn from their parents. Pretty well everyone accepts that. Many even insist that schools and other sources [...]
You Need Your Mistakes And Failures
Posted in Human Nature, Psychology, Spirituality, Uncategorized on July 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they’re necessary to reach the places we’ve chosen to go.
- Richard Bach
No mistakes? Does that mean there are no failures? No rough patches, divorces or threats [...]
How To Manage A Bully
Posted in Human Nature, Psychology, Spirituality, Uncategorized on July 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
True self-respect, being very different from false pride, leads inevitably to respecting others.
- Virginia Moore
Though the concept of self respect would seem like an easy one to understand, people interpret the term differently. The meanings run from quiet self confidence to self defence against attacks from others.
Virginia Moore seems to prefer the former interpretation. The [...]
