Many problems in the world can be traced back to greed. However, this is just a symptom of underlying feelings of their personal fear based, insecure beliefs (not good enough, not worthy, etc.).
Wouldn't it be nice if parents and teachers reinforced positive beliefs? How great it would be to hear these words: "You are worthy and good enough! You are important and a good person! You deserve love, health and success." With these reassuring words, we can like and love ourselves and care about others. Then greed would not cause so much harm.
What is your opinion?
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Presidential Candidates Negative Models
If you are a parent or teacher would you encourage your child or student to convince people that they are better by verbally attacking the others involved? I do not think so! I believe that we are taught in school, appropriately so, to build good, positive, convincing presentations of what we can do to benefit the office or position.
Then why are the presidential candidates (and often other political candidates) such negative models by verbally attacking the other in an effort to convince people they are the best person for the position? Wouldn't it be great if they could model positive, convincing proposals?
What is your opinion?
Then why are the presidential candidates (and often other political candidates) such negative models by verbally attacking the other in an effort to convince people they are the best person for the position? Wouldn't it be great if they could model positive, convincing proposals?
What is your opinion?
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Why We Support Negative, Hurtful Celebrities
As a Marriage, Family Therapist and sensitive person, I am aghast at the negative comments famous people make on television and radio. What amazes me is that obviously it is what the masses want, or these celebrities would not be paid very large sums of money to put people down in cruel ways.
All people have feelings, and they do not deserve to be criticized or humiliated, especially in public. For example, on the television talent shows, some judges say very cruel comments to the participants. Fortunately, the other judges often share their truth in a kind way.
Why do we allow such demeaning attacks on people? Is it because as we were growing up, most of us have received hurtful criticism from parents, relatives, teachers, other students, etc. ? It is what we are used to? Could it be because as adults we are still hurting from the blows to our self-esteem and somehow the critical expressions to others eases our pain?
What is your opinion?
All people have feelings, and they do not deserve to be criticized or humiliated, especially in public. For example, on the television talent shows, some judges say very cruel comments to the participants. Fortunately, the other judges often share their truth in a kind way.
Why do we allow such demeaning attacks on people? Is it because as we were growing up, most of us have received hurtful criticism from parents, relatives, teachers, other students, etc. ? It is what we are used to? Could it be because as adults we are still hurting from the blows to our self-esteem and somehow the critical expressions to others eases our pain?
What is your opinion?
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