I once heard a story about a couple, Marge and Ed, who attended an annual fair in Iowa. Good food, exciting exhibits, amusement rides, and even helicopter rides were offered at the fairground. Every year Ed was attracted to the fifty-dollar helicopter ride; however, Marge was not in favor of the expense. She always proclaimed, “After all, Ed, fifty dollars is fifty dollars.”
Finally, the time came when Ed was determined to take the helicopter ride. He was getting…
For some reason, which escapes me at the moment, I was reading about the USA Memory Championship, an annual competition designed to test the limits of the human brain. Competitors, known as Mental Athletes, attempt to memorize as much information as possible from cards, random numbers, names and faces and then to recall it with as much accuracy as possible. The winner is the one who accumulates the most points for their keen memory.
Did you know that health professionals suggest complaining can actually be very good for your health? That’s right. They classify complaining into two categories, INSTRUMENTAL and EXPRESSIVE, which if used to dialogue, validate, support, problem solve, or connect with another human being is quite healthy!
Instrumental complaints are goal oriented, meaning that we verbalize the problem in hopes of bringing about change. For example, you complain to a chef that your pasta is undercooked in hopes that you will receive some compensation for your meal. On the other hand, expressive…
Did you know that health professionals suggest complaining can actually be very good for your health? That’s right. They classify complaining into two categories, INSTRUMENTAL and EXPRESSIVE, which if used to dialogue, validate, support, problem solve, or connect with another human being is quite healthy!
Instrumental complaints are goal oriented, meaning that we verbalize the problem in hopes of bringing about change. For example, you complain to a chef that your pasta is undercooked in hopes that you will receive some compensation for your meal. On the other hand, expressive…
Have you ever seen the sitcom, The Middle? It’s a story about a middle class family, in the middle of the country, who face problems with which most families can identify. Sometimes it seems like the family is trying to get to the top, or struggling not to hit bottom, and even though lovingly supportive of each other, they land somewhere in The Middle.
We’ve been reading The Land Between this month and the land between is very much a middle of sorts for the Israelites. After generations of slavery in Egypt, the…
Have you ever seen the sitcom, The Middle? It’s a story about a middle class family, in the middle of the country, who face problems with which most families can identify. Sometimes it seems like the family is trying to get to the top, or struggling not to hit bottom, and even though lovingly supportive of each other, they land somewhere in The Middle.