Credo for relationships
by Dr. Thomas Gordon (* 1918, † 2002)
You and I are in a relationship, which I value and want to keep. Yet each of us is a separate person with unique needs and the right to meet those needs. When you are having problems meeting your needs I will listen with genuine acceptance [...]
Gay Rights: Equality or Hypocrisy?
The California Supreme Court struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage this week in a truly liberating decision that invalidates virtually any law that discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation. The 4-3 ruling declared the state constitution protects a fundamental “right to marry” that extends equally to same-sex couples. It tossed a [...]
Courtship in cyberspace
Most folks tend to socialize with people of the same age and with similar interests. Most couples hang out with other couples. This isn’t the case with me. I live in a very small place with a low population so that may be a factor. I was raised in an extended family and friends [...]
Relationships: Fill yourself up first
I have a patterned behaviour that I need to break called running on empty. I just came through a period where I gave of myself until I was empty but, I still got up and then ran an extra mile trying to please. The resulting exhaustion triggered a fibromyalgia flare up and I [...]
Straight Talk: An Open Letter
Suicide is painless?
When you first wrote about suicide I was loathe to say a word. I knew that your symptoms were indicative of depression. I was so upset that you were self medicating with beer that I did not know what to say to you. Understand that I was not silent because I did [...]
