The infinity of things you didn’t do
When people become embroiled in a strained relationship they can all too easily get themselves stuck in anger or intransigent defensive behaviours. One side can all too frequently interpret another’s attempts to heal the relationship as being somehow wrong, just not right. This is often because they have set up, in their own mind, an [...]
If you don’t know, I’m not telling you!
[dropcap4]M[/dropcap4]ost of us grow into adulthood carrying messages given to us by our parents. Some are wise (‘treat everyone as an equal’); some are obscure (‘always carry a rubbish bag in the back of your car!’); some are funny (‘never spit on old ladies, and they’ll never spit on you!’), and others are just plain [...]
Persisting in beliefs
I knew someone who didn’t wear their hearing aid. They needed to because they found it difficult to hear all sorts of things – traffic noise, birdsong, conversation. They said it was because the device was old and didn’t fit properly. So, arrangements were made to have this individual assessed at a local hospital and [...]
Just doing my job
I had a conversation with a teacher recently about writing end-of-year reports for the children in the teacher’s class. The teacher indicated that, with respect to one young person, they would likely have to write something along the lines of “Billy does not appear motivated to participate in lessons.” To which my reply would be, [...]
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