When we feel like we've been wronged, our natural inclination is to react or retaliate immediately, but there are times when the best response is no response at all. No matter the temporary sense of relief we might get from defending ourselves or lashing back, the aftermath of our words and actions long remains with us. Rather than defaulting to what feels right in a… read more
We've all probably known someone who's so addicted to the pain of a particular problem they'd rather keep being a victim than find a way out. At one time or another, we may even have been that person ourselves, so fueled by the sympathy and comfort reaped as a victim that we'd go through withdrawal without it. I started pondering what might lead someone to… read more
The spate of recent events that call into question our very humanity made me think of a childhood conversation that seemed laughable as a kid but poignantly points to the very problem before us today: our human tendency to stereotype people based on appearance, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or anything else outwardly identifiable. Somewhere in the early days of school desegregation in my hometown, a… read more
