The links contained in this Blog are articles that I have found interesting. Many of them have to do with Human Behavior; the others I just found interesting. Human Behavior What a Trip is all about the Human Condition. Humanity is amazing; the time that we spend on this planet is finite and can never [...]
We've got a big problem, at least in North America. What's the problem? The problem is that we expect quick results NOW much of the time. Bart Simpson goes nuts when he has to wait thirty seconds to have his non-nutritious pop-tart heated in the microwave. We're in a nation of quick fixes, quick twitters, [...]
Anxiety is a serious problem for a significant amount of people worldwide. When people have anxiety they generally do not know what their anxiety is about. They may conjure up some notion, such as "I can't stand my boss at the office." But this is just a vague notion. It really gets them nowhere. It [...]
Jonny is eight years old. He walks over to his mother, and with strong conviction, tells her, "Mom, I'm so angry at you. I want to pull your eyes out of your head and take a big sharp knife and stab you in the heart ." If you were the mom what would you say [...]
One day my father came home with an adorable twelve week young German Shepherd. My sister and I were so excited to have this new friend. My father was enthralled with the dog, too. Within minutes of holding and petting the female puppy, we named it Babe. My mother, taking all this in from a [...]
Time is one of our most important commodities. Our time on planet earth expires when we die. Let's take a stark look at time. In a year (not counting leap years that occur every four years) there are 365 days. 365 days X 24 hours = 8,760 hours per year. 8,760 hours X 60 minutes [...]
The eyes have it. How often do you blind yourself so that you keep yourself away from yourself and others. I must say, this eye (the eye ball) and the other I, yeah ME, the owner of what I do and don't do to avoid emotional closeness, is a huge and roaming problem for millions, [...]
Having tears rush out of the tear ducts and letting the tears be taken by gravity toward earth, even if they don't get to the ground, is a magnificent, adaptive and essential part of a healthy life. Yet so many people go out of their way to cut off their tears as well as inhibiting [...]
Parenting is the most important job on planet earth. There are some really wonderful parents and there are lots of less than wonderful parents, some of whom are deeply defective. This problem is so huge and so important as to be staggering, to the point where both parent and child move unsteadily, as though about [...]
Parent and child in dialogue. Let's see if we can hear what's being said. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parent: I watch you grow. Child: I see your way of being. Parent: I worry how you will turn out. Child: I worry where you have been. Parent: I hope the world for you. Child: I hope you live long. [...]