Old children's rhyme:

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me."

Real life:

"Sticks and stones break only bones and bones they heal so fast.
But words destroy and kill the soul till nothing's left at last."

From "Words That Hurt, Words That Heal: How to Choose Words Wisely and Well" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin

that the 21st century should be labeled "the Age of Indifference".

I read an article today about a man who lay dead, slumped over his steering wheel, for 10 hours at a busy gas station. The disturbing thing about the story was the fact that no one, not a single customer or an employee, called the police or 911. I sat thinking about our busy lives and wondered if I would have noticed him sitting there.

The inside ( Read more... )

For most of my life, the attitude of entitlement has made me sputter with rage (one of the numerous triggers for my internalized anger). The link below is to an excellent article about the issue. It does not offer suggestions for fixing others' behavior, but simply tries to remind us that humility is as important as self-esteem. Maybe if we ( Read more... )