This was a story I heard read aloud at Christmas time at my primary school. As I read it today, I can still hear the deep voice of Mr. Caswell, the principle. It affected me greatly and shifted my life for the better.
Continue reading →A Story from the Aztec People of Mexico. Quoted in M.Wheatley, turning to one another. (2001)
Continue reading →A story I wrote ten years ago about raising children and the responsibility for doing a good job. I believe parents do their best, and frequently their best is not very good.
Continue reading →A particular puzzle is how to relax other people when they get tense. This true story of an old cat may help – in a kind of backwards way.
Continue reading →I learn a lot from the men in my mens group. We talk of safety and validation all the time. Here is a story about wasting your energy on the wrong stuff – loving in a way that doesn't work.
Continue reading →This story is about hopeless habit of pointing fingers at the action or the one who “angers you.” I call it “Where to focus when you are upset.”
Continue reading →This is a story about the lessons of speaking up too fast. I call it “What to do if you interrupt someone?”
Continue reading →I tell this story , as a gift from my friend Jack, to anyone I meet who has a short temper or who is around someone with a short temper.
Continue reading →Persuading someone is quite a skill. I am not talking about manipulation. Here I am speaking of how to get someone to do what you want – openly and honestly.
Continue reading →This seems to me the story of just about every addictive behavior I can think of. The person complaining is the one who's got to do something. Responsibility rests in the complainer.
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