It is important that you know the character of the person in whom you confide in and share your feelings with. Trust is an extremely important element in this area; you need to trust your confidant implicitly. Also sharp judgement,…
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Why is it important to say “I love you”? There are many reasons that we could discuss all of them valid. We could mention what happens to children that never hear those words, relate what kind adults they may become,…
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Have you ever had an argument with someone – a partner, spouse, close friend, child, parent or other relative, or a business associate – that started small and spiraled into an intense conflict? Have you ever scratched your head, wondering…
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Traditionally mealtimes have been highlighted as key times in a family’s daily routine. Popular, all time favourite televised series such as the Waltons and Little House on the Prairie have reiterated the importance of these times. Indeed many fundamental scenes…
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If there is one solid lesson I have learned in life, it is that people cannot change people; people can only change themselves. In knowing and accepting that, I’ve learned how truly important communication is to resolving anything. The only…
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Every situation we encounter requires good communication skills. We have the opportunity to connect with another person in both our personal and professional life.Good communication skills do not always come natural to everyone. When we make a conscience effort to…
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How to tell if someone is lying to you? Well, if there was an easy answer, there would be no criminals escaping justice by lying to the law, for one thing, would there? Also many more people would be unemployed…
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Lies occur in many areas of life, including the home, school, the workplace, and others like courtroom testimony. People in general find it easier to lie when the person being lied to, does not have them locked in their eyesight…
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The lost art of writing diaries.May be if we encouraged children from a young age to write a diary or draw a picture about what happened, it might help us put things into perspective and re-access our reaction and improve…
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There are times in a family when the nature of a situation makes it impossible to reach any kind of agreement. I think that we’ve all lived so far apart for so long, that now that we are all living…
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The saddest moment in your life will be the loss of a loved one. The things that should have been said, and the things that shouldn’t have been said will forever haunt you. The death of a loved one is…
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Where have all the good listeners gone? Where have all the quiet, contemplative persons gone?. The majority of persons one encounters, in these times, seem to be afflicted with logorrhea. Among family, among coworkers, even among a group of strangers…
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Having worked for the phone company for five plus years, talking to people everyday for five plus hours that had a story for everything, here are just a few ways to tell if they are lying to you on the…
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I recently had a conversation with someone about how the cell phones and electronic gadgets have become so integrated into everyday life they have changed the way people interact with one another. We were commenting on how two people can…
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“So I says, “U did not.” And she LOL’s :)” This is a sentence from a rough draft of a high school student’s narrative essay. I can forgive the dialect of the language for a moment or the improper agreement…
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“Do unto others as you want others to do unto you.” Sound familiar? So who out there would like to be lied to? Not I! The way I see it is the “Honesty is the best policy,” expression is too…
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Convenience. Who doesn’t love making life simpler? I sure do, and I’m the first to admit I’ll take the easy road as long as it doesn’t compromise me or anyone else. I like convenience, even in communicating. Abbreviations and acronyms…
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Truth, hearing truth. Truth, listening to truth. Truth is love, loving truth. What is truth? Do we want to hear it? Does that imply that there is existing somewhere out there, an independent truth that we can indeed hear? Or…
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Why is there a debate here? Is text messaging real communication? Is emailing communication? Is talking real communication? I am absolutely amazed that there would even be a debate in this subject. I can not see anyone having a no…
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“Liar, liar, pants on fire, can’t jump over the telephone wire.” I heard this often as a child whether I told the truth, or not. As a child I didn’t know who to trust, but over my lifetime many people…
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“I know what’s coming when Robert says that we need to sit down and have a talk,” Maryann told me in our phone session. “He wants to tell me everything that is wrong with me. It’s not about talking –…
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In mocern society members of a group work under a set of unspoken rules. The key rule being, group peace. While there are groups that are capable of working together as a team, where no one person is the true…
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The truth is that by saying and doing the truth in love of your life is right thing to do. what I mean by that is when you have a feeling that your partner is making you feel bad because…
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Hmmmm, is communication the key to overcoming obstacles? In my mind lack of communication is the reason for most obstacles, especially when it comes to relationships and family life. You may bang your head against numerous walls, posts, doors and…
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“Ain’t misbehavin’! I’m communicatin’!” was the title of a workshop I attended during my behavior management training, in preparation for my work with nonverbal Autistic children with severe behaviors. In my ten years of experience since then, the basic truth…
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The wisdom is in the eyes, and the wit is often sharp and to the point. A wrinkled face can be a deceptive mask where knowledge is concerned. Aging is a natural progression away from being observed to being an…
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“You can’t handle the truth”. Well that was a mouth full of truth. I think Jack Nicholson hit the nail on the head when he said this line in the movie “A Few Good Men”. Lets face it we only…
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I feel young at the age of fifty-one, but if my age seems elderly to you, it might be because you’re too young to understand why it’s wise to listen to the elderly. I’ll explain the best way I can…
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Society is unkind to our elderly population. So often they are viewed as a nuisance. It’s the move over mentality that the young people of today portray to our elderly who are more frail and vulnerable. Who among us has…
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The phone holds so much privacy, yet so little. You talk to someone. You hear their voice. You listen to their words but still you don’t understand. You think they are keeping something from you but you are just not…
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