Great Circle

There’s a great story at the end of the Gospel of John. Jesus has come back from the dead but he keeps popping in and out of his disciples’ lives without giving them their next project to work on. Consequently, these fellas go back to what they know: fishing.
Not the recreational kind of fishing; the [...]

I believe in all that has never been spoken.
I want to free what awaits within me
so that what no one has dared to wish for
may for once spring clear without my contriving.
If this is arrogant, God, forgive me,
but this is what I need to say.
May what I do flow from me like a river,
no forcing and no [...]

So dependency theory has underlined some of the ways we become hooked either ON something/someone or BY something/someone. He/she/it has power and control over some portion of our being or resources.
 
What do you do when you want it to stop?
SOLUTION #1: Cost Reduction
This is where the party on whom the power is being used adjusts [...]

I was talking about the way water looks different on clear days and cloudy days. I told my six year old son  (above) that water looked better on nice blue-sky days. He replied that all days are nice days - “the blue days and the silver days.”
“Silver days? What’s a silver day?” I asked.
“A [...]

So picking up from where we left off, I have an intense hatred of people using positions of authority to wield power over others.
“Aren’t authority and power the same thing?”
So glad you asked that question. For our purposes, authority means “A position of leadership that comes from either natural or organisational relationship” (e.g. parent, [...]

When you think of a great character actor, who comes to mind? For me it’s Johnny Depp.
Just think about the differences in his roles as Jack Sparrow, Edward Scissorhands, Mort Rainey (Secret Window), Spencer Armacost (The Astronaut’s Wife) … and of course - Willy Wonka! Now, compare him with someone like Bruce Willis.
Willis almost [...]

When supervising others (be they paid staff or the unpaid volunteers who help in the school office), there comes a time for confronting and challenging their behaviour. I found a terrific article online which gets inside the situation and gives some nice short sharp “how-to’s”, such as specific behaviours (and missing behaviours) to focus on.
It [...]

In fighting fire with fire, be careful you don’t become an arsonist.