Nonviolent Communication

For two evenings last week – Wednesday and Friday, I attended a workshop on Nonviolent Communication (NVC). The Centre of Nonviolent Communiation (CNVC) was founded by a U.S. psychologist, Dr Marshall Rosenberg. There are now several countries that have certified trainers to teach the language of NVC. This language is also referred to as “Giraffe [...]

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Buffalo Dream

Last Saturday I watched “Buffalo Dream” on Disney Channel. The movie is about friendship, responsibility and care for the world. I was at first impressed with the subtle ways the dreams of the two young men (the main characters) unfold. Josh, whose father is a scientist, worked one day at the photocopying room of the [...]

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Stay Awake!

Jesus said to His disciples:
‘The Kingdom of Heaven will be like this:
Ten wedding attendants took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were foolish and five were sensible:
the foolish ones, though they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
whereas the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well as their lamps. [...]

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about background music on websites

Ouch! My ears ring with the musical strains of “I surrender all” even after I left that particular site 10 minutes ago. Sure, when selecting the music, the webmaster or the group involved must have thought that this was a nice melodious strain but the offending noise can get too much after a while. [...]

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