isyourlisteningbroken asked: Why must I wiggle my fingers?
Because no booger will break off without a lil wiggle.
1. Stay Open – Often when we are in difficult or uncomfortable situations, we tense up and subtly begin to tighten or contract and therefore shut down. Keep noticing your deep, full breathing and open body posture, so that you can stay open to receive what is being said.
2. Suspend Judgment – Allow the information to simply be stated with no need to analyze it, label it good or bad or defend yourself! Suspend your judgment with no need to respond or be right!
3. Pay Attention – Respect the person in front of you with your full, undivided attention. Their opinion is just as important as yours. In order to fully comprehend, watch your partner’s body language, listen to the tone of their voice, as well as the words. So much of what is said, is translated non-verbally.
4. Listen for the Ring of Truth – “Truth has a ring to it.” as my priestess Ariel likes to say. When someone is spinning their tale, or offering constructive feedback, there is usually at least a kernel of truth. Listen for the piece of their story that “lands” in your body, where you feel a little “ring” of truth. This is the important piece to identify and pull out to work with.
5. Reflect What You Heard – Perhaps the most crucial step in this process is to reflect right back to your partner what you just heard. Simply, with no embellishments or interpretations…just repeat to make sure you got their message. You can simply state, “So, just to be clear…what I just heard you say was………..Is that correct?” And, then give your partner a chance to clarify any points that you missed.
Call me crazy, but there is something about this that I love.
getting ready
This is my relationship with my boyfriend on so many levels, including her body type.
“Dad Life”
This is the single most amazing thing my eyes have seen in the history of seen things.
I GOT A JOB!!!!
I start Tuesday as Research Assistant for Crown Castles Int. :3
I am so freaking happy!!! This sounds like a dream job type role for me — A lot of private, personal work that is similar to jigsaw puzzles.
And who kicked ass at her interview? Who said “I’M BADICAL?” in business language? Oh yeah, that’s me!!!
Harry Potter is like Robert Jordan
If you are 18+ and you like Harry Potter, read Robert Jordan’s work Wheel of Time.
It’s like they are all hand in hand, but JR has 5 more books.
XKCD IS STEALING JOKES
woke up this morning to a bunch of people telling me that xkcd stole my joke
looks like they were right
totally fucking lame — i always knew this comic wasn’t funny but i had no idea randall was “crowdsourcing” his jokes. i use that shit in my standup and now people are going to think i’m quoting a dumb webcomic. thanks a ton you fucking dick.
p.s. please help spread this around and if you know how to get it to mr. munroe, please do. i would really like to see this matter rectified!
Not the first time something like this has happened.
http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/2009/09/comic-641-laughter-free.html
This is shite, but hey, Easty retweeted it! I know him.
Not to like put a damper on this or anything, but Fight Club is a pretty well-referenced movie, and the two images do not seem to connect (one’s about a book club, one’s about the movie).
Yeah, I agree. The whole ‘first rule of fight club’ thing is a big part of pop culture. I’ve made a joke like that before. A lot of people have. Like how a lot of people make this joke. Even the author acknowledges this. Some things are just common. It’s just the whole ‘Simpsons did it’ thing all over again.
Apparently saying “is do not talk about Fight Club” is now stealing. Not from the original author, mind you, but from this person I’ve never hear of on Twitter. Now you know!
/sarcasm
I know it pains you to nerd out for XKCD, but you weren’t the first to make the joke “is to not talk about X club.” I think I made it in 2001 when I didn’t want people to talk about my high school group.
Yeah, I made it up first, before anyone really used the internet. DUH!
BTW, if you hate on XKCD it probably means you “don’t get it.” That’s cool. A google search usually helps out, boo.
"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."
— Albert Pine (via petalsquotesandthorns)
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Vodka and Potter
I suppose the evening could be better. :3
Harry Potter and the Prepping for Friday
Finally going to watch the last 3 released on dvd Harry Potter movies. I need to be ready for this Friday. :3
