Amplify Voice. Listen, Create Safe Space.
Sharing power sounds scary, but it works to slow your Doomsday Clock. Being connected, instead of separate, requires significant changes in how you relate to people.
Trap
(1) Giving people more than they give you. (2) Getting caught in a situation that is beyond your ability to escape. (3) In martial arts, forcing your opponent into a situation that allows you to submit and defeat him.
George Floyd: Say His Name and the Others too
At a base level, I have to trust people. I have to feel connected to something. I need to trust the organizations that serve us. But my trust is broken.
I can’t breathe.
Cruelty continues. It all started because the $20 bill George Floyd presented was perceived to be fake by the cashier.
Agreement or Submission?
Broken Trust: When someone says, “the numbers are wrong”, trust is shaken and doubt takes over.
On Mother’s Day, Coffee Shop Ignores Restrictions
The coffee shop owners had their Mother’s day fun, but were soundly defeated on Monday.
May 2020: State of Play
Blame, shame, disapproval and abandonment. A not-so-delicious cocktail of emotions designed to take me out of the game.
Friendly Ultimatum
No one wants to miss practice. No one wants to feel like a loser or weak for not showing up. But what about social distance and avoiding crowds?
Hoist With Your Own Petard
When your plan to cause trouble for others backfires on you. Doing the wrong thing, making the wrong move and getting caught.
Getting to Neutral without Booze, Advil and the Beach
Relax in the middle of a pandemic? Every stranger looks like a Covid-19 incubator. I’m so tense you could bounce a coin off me.
Give ’em an inch…
A “friendly” trap is still a trap. “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.”