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Ruthless Compassion in Relationship, Part I
There seems to be an epidemic of bad advice that young women and men are giving their friends these days, and all it seems to be doing is alienating the two sexes even further. One has to wonder where these young people are learning their very wrong-headed ideas from, when in every other way, this [...]
Continue reading...Ruthless Compassion in Relationship, Part II
4. September 2009
Most men and women want to understand each-other and get along better, but there’s so much misinformation being spread around that few of us know where to turn for the answers. In the past, there were social rules for men and women. They didn’t make much sense, but people had a clear, if misguided idea [...]
Continue reading...Ruthless Compassion in Action
16. August 2009
Why Ruthless Compassion? It’s just common sense. I see this concept as the antidote to the two-sided affliction of today’s society: excessive selfishness and excessive niceness. People who suffer from the former condition tend to be greedy, competitive, cold-hearted and contemptuous, often seeing others merely as either vehicles or obstacles toward the gratification of their [...]
Continue reading...Why Being Nice Will Make You Fat
16. August 2009
You probably know someone in your life who is really, really nice. (Maybe it’s you?) This person is so nice that no-one has ever seen them angry or even a little bit irritated. They’re always eager to please, and if a misunderstanding should arise between themselves and someone else, they try ever so hard to [...]
Continue reading...Conquering the Urge
16. August 2009
Some of the biggest challenges for people who are trying to lose weight are the powerful urges they get to overeat. Often, these urges come on after dinner, when the person is relaxing, reading a book or watching TV. The desire to eat something seems overwhelming, and the person feels powerless to resist it. There’s no [...]
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4. September 2009
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