Then Mopsey climbed into my lap — something he’s never done before — and then he bit me. On the breast. And he wouldn’t let go. I know this was some sort of reaction to the trauma, and not aggressive behavior. It was surprising, and I dismissed it. A couple of band aids an...
Well, we do have a few good ones, such as: awed, secure, joyful, and uplifted. On the other hand, I feel limited when I’m attempting to describe spirituality and the feelings associated with that aspect of my being. Is the feeling of being limited, when I attempt to describe spiritu...
I’ve journaled to record feelings, thoughts, dreams and events. My camera has been at hand and I’ve taken some great shots. But what I was really pushed to do was meditate with music and draw. The images just started coming out and I haven’t been able to stop. I am able to be...
On Monday morning, the second day of school, I asked the students to complete a “First Day Feelings with Chester” chart. One by one, they indicated whether, on day one, they were mostly “Excited,”“Happy,”“Sad,” or “Scared.” Eleven of the 19 students, over half the class,...
There is an old saying in economics that you always get more of what you subsidize. The more people realize there is something to be gained from a certain behavior, the more of that behavior you will get. If you praise improvements, you get more improvements. But the converse is true als...
Contrary to the powers that be, lined up daily in the White House briefing, the Dow, the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 are not the measures of our health. More accurately they chart the rate of our mad dash to global social and ecological annihilation. ...
I can’t imagine that teachers do any of these things to their students intentionally, but they do happen. We are not perfect, but we can be cognizant of our own behavior. None of us wants to be the teacher kids hate. When we chose teaching as a profession, we did so with the impl...
Eventually I grew weary of feeling that I was failing at one thing after another. The self-consciousness and tension brought on by constantly monitoring my behavior for errors was demoralizing. With no end in sight, I gave up on my plan to fix myself. ...
This love, however, is not defined by our feelings. Rather, it is a decision of our will. Your experiences prove this point. Think about your closest friend for a moment. Have there been times when you couldn’t get enough of each other? Times when you shared your deepest concerns in...
for a very long time with the goal to turn the human race into non-thinking automatons. For as long as man has pursued power over the masses, mind control has been orchestrated by those who study human behavior in order to bend large populations to the will of a small “elite” group...