Archive of: Communication & Conflict
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Reading the Water
- 12 April 2017
- Caution ~ Dangerous Communication & Conflict Relationships 101
As I navigate through treacherous waters of this life, I am constantly reminded how important it is to ‘read the water’ ahead of me.
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How well are you managing your Boundaries?
- 16 March 2017
- Caution ~ Dangerous Communication & Conflict Relationships 101
Standing your ground and making friends with “NO”!
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Stretched Between Two Tribes
- 02 February 2017
- Caution ~ Dangerous Communication & Conflict Wandering muse
I miss the days where two people could agree to disagree, change the topic to an area of neutral alliance, and later part as friends, or at least distant cousins who see each other at funerals and weddings–a civil framework where disagreement does not have to be disagreeable. That does not appear to be the norm anymore, and I don’t know if I am more sad than mad, OR if I am gradually coming to understand something very important about the world I now apparently inhabit.
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To Whom Are You Listening...?
- 02 February 2017
- Communication & Conflict Grace & Mercy Relationships 101
Staying vigilant in a carnal world
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Just how hard is it to be NICE???
- 19 December 2016
- Communication & Conflict Grace & Mercy Relationships 101
Service should come from the Heart
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On the Nature of Friendship
- 22 September 2016
- Communication & Conflict
When I was young, friendship was a clear and easy thing to define. You knew the person; maybe you went to school with them or lived close to them and played together. There were acquaintances, people who weren’t quite friends but…
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What IS a blog, anyway?
- 11 September 2016
- Communication & Conflict Relationships 101
An old person tries to learn a new word
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Loving or Right?
- 06 September 2016
- Communication & Conflict Grace & Mercy Relationships 101
Sometimes, I can be right, but in being ‘right’, I can also be unloving, or unkind.
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Storms of Emotion
- 18 August 2016
- Be still & know Communication & Conflict Grace & Mercy Relationships 101
Today there have been storms in the area. Coming from Louisiana, I love watching a good thunderstorm roll in.
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Another 50 things 21 year olds can learn...
- 13 August 2016
- Caution ~ Dangerous Communication & Conflict Noticing the details Relationships 101 Wandering muse
Here’s the 2nd half of that list of things 21-year-olds really should put in their toolboxes. And, of course, we all can use the reminders.