Entries from August 2008

How to Transform Teasing and Overcome Ridicule

Date August 25, 2008

Ridicule is something we all expected to ditch once we left the playgrounds as children. Adults seemed smarter, more mature, less likely to judge others prematurely. How wrong we were. Teasing and derision are still very much alive and kicking in the world. But if you are experiencing this type of jeering, be it in [...]

Escaping An Ordinary Life

Date August 4, 2008

“The story of Ivan Ilych’s life was of the simplest, most ordinary and therefore most terrible.”
–Leo Tolstoy
I do not believe that anyone has ever risen with the bright morning sun, stretched beneath their soft warm blankets and said to themselves, “My God, I hope this day is as dull as they come!” I can’t [...]