Grown men are expected to keep their emotions in check. They need to keep calm and carry on. Add grown women in there, too. We have expectations of emotional maturity. I know I do, but there are times. For example:
UNDERSTANDING MILITARY TRAINING FOR A BETTER ATTITUDE
Military training? Everyone knows what that is. “Yeah, I saw Full Metal Jacket, so I know what you mean.” What they’re missing is the hot breath and spray of some nut case screaming words in their face. Which words? It doesn’t matter. The sheer volume obscures the words. It doesn’t matter because you know what […]
PERSONAL GROWTH BY SUBTRACTION
Personal growth is the job. If you have problems, check yourself first. If everyone you know carries the same poor opinion of you, maybe it’s not them. What is the solution when one size never fits all? Let’s go:
HOW TO ‘GROW UP AND GET OVER IT’
There are people and places that will hurt your feelings. Since my feelings have been hurt and I learned to grow up and get over it, I will share how that works. Learning to grow up isn’t something that comes and goes, not when new challenges require new ways to grow. I thought people a […]
LEARNING FROM WHERE YOU LIVE, PT2: BABY BOOMER ERA
The baby boomer era state of mind. What is there to learn from the baby boomer era? Every passing year the nostalgia grows stronger, but that doesn’t change history. Consider the boomer time line from 1946-1964. The oldest boomers were twenty year olds in 1966. The youngest were twenty in 1984. My cohort […]