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February, 2010
Funny or Not?
A classic sense of humor always reflects tolerance, whimsey and depth of character. BEING genuinely funny also requires creativity, diplomacy and a prevailing awareness of the humorist’s own faults, missteps and inherited challenges. Through compassionate understanding, the classic sense of humor remains unscarred, as the joker plays solely and painlessly on his or her own apparent life, for the desired amusement of others. Any other approach ultimately does more harm than good.
JC CALKINS with COMMON SENSE 4 UNCOMMON PEOPLE – February, 21, 2010
Is Anything Really Different?
When anyone says, “it’s a different world now, it’s not the same, things are changed,” they aren’t really talking about the WORLD. They’re speaking from inside their perception of an unfamiliar time. Unfamiliar because they have elected to ignore the less obvious. The critical practices of civilization repeat themselves with each generation. Our mistakes are compounded as often as hindsight is ignored, history rejected and a blind eye turned toward a leader with a blind eye. Yet we can’t break… read more
Tolerance in a different world.
In ancient times, responsibility was taken very seriously. Imagine a world today, where each of us individually, or as a family, or with our work associates were held responsible for the unethical behavior of those in our closest relationships or circles. When father, brother, son, mother, sister or daughter, work mates or teammates, screwed up, we would be held equally responsible and penalized to the same degree that they would or should be? Tolerance would not be as prevalent as… read more
Wisdom Feeds Many
When you spend too much of your life simply listening and learning, you fail to establish a necessary pattern where others might benefit from what you’ve uncovered, regardless of how important it might be. It’s often hard to tell if what you’ve discovered will be valued, but that should in no way cause any hesitation to share, with anyone willing to listen and consider what you have to say. Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not in anyway a proponent of trivial… read more
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