“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned” Buddha Rod Minaker, our resident anger expert was interviewed by Maureen Scurfield for an article published in the “On 7” version of the Winnipeg Free Press on “Wrath”. …
Unexpected Inspiration
Inspiration can come at the strangest times in unexpected places. I was at Pita Pit yesterday to grab a Falafel pita (on whole wheat with spinach and hummus–yum!) to share. The pita maker was a tall, thin young woman in her late adolescence..hair was severly assymmetrical–brush cut on one side, and long on the other …
A Thought
“My lifetime achievement in my opinion is really the slow acquisition of the ability to be vulnerable and needy, and to be able to accept love as well as give.” William Shatner, TV and movie actor on accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Banff World Television Festival, June 2010. Shatner went on to add: …
Manitoba Marathon 2010
Sigh. Yesterday was the Manitoba Marathon. And I wasn’t in it. Next year. The Manitoba Marathon is an annual Father’s Day tradition that I LOVE. I’m not a full marathoner, but I have loved meeting the challenge of a half marathon. I had to pull out of the half last year because of a toe injury, …
On the other side…
…of June 18th. Made it. Another anniversary of the ones I’ve loved and lost, remembered, and mourned has passed. The days leading up to the 18th have an increasing sense of dread, as the memories rise closer to the surface than they are at other times of the year. It’s a bit of a relief to …
I’ve got sunshine…
…on a cloudy day. A dear friend remembers my loss years later with daisies that show up at my door annually. Bright, pure, innocent daisies that tell me she understands my grief that lingers years later. Beautiful, alive daisies that tells me she cares, and remembers. Daisies that have showed up at my door during …
A Thought
“When two people are at one in their inmost hearts, they shatter even the strength of iron or bronze; and when two people understand each other in their inmost hearts, their words are sweet and strong like the fragrance of orchids”. I Ching
Another TDC group graduates!
Rod Minaker just finished another group with people better prepared to deal with issues that stir up anger in their life. Many of the people that take our Transforming Destructive into Constructive Course have little alternative but to take it as part of dealing with a criminal charge or an employment situation. With people who …
Text Arguing
I was talking with Nicole Dube of Global News today as she was doing a piece on fighting via SMS/text messaging. She let me know that recent stats suggest that cellular devices are now being used more for texting than for voice communication (aka “talking on the phone”). That means that cell phones are being …
The story from the other side
“I killed who she could have been,” said David, who sexually abused his cousin for 12 years. He goes on to say that the woman he abused contacted him through her therapist a few years ago, and she had a conversation with him. She wanted to let him know that she forgave him. David said …