Underpinning Parallel Leaders?

Posted On Monday, November 30th, 2009 By textonscreen

Image via Wikipedia I wonder why sometimes it is that I perceive things the way I do.  The way I do seems to be the way in which these things have their association to other things – correlation is a remarkable consciousness. My children go to school and they happily engage.  Okay, so there are the random days where they would rather stay at home with Mummy; well! okay the younger one – because the older beautiful girl prefers school over home during the week. Being involved with a systemic approach to change really makes me wonder sometimes.  Do I remain in broader systemic issues; or do I localize and transfer energies into areas that require individual change to grow into systemic change that can then underpin strategy?. Wonder what I am talking about? I work in mental health; this is the fundamental aspect in life that I am courageously challenged to act within.  I mean how often is it that one gets to organically render the future by participating in life “moment by moment” not by – “what someone said”; or, by “oh what shall we do now” the individual crux of the smelly undy.  Individual drama seem to Continue Reading

Smack Me and Spank Me

Posted On Friday, July 18th, 2008 By textonscreen

When does applying pressure to a child mean discipline?  When any pressure is applied to anything it is an event occuring from a cause of action.  Causation.  Lawyers cannot challenge this because this is not a case trial and the only relevance here as Einstein would say is a “relative” within in superlative. I don’t understand why people would initially want to “lay” pressure to the physical body of a little child.  My children are not angels – they are my treasures. Where is the right of passage? passed the age of solutions? or just an unmatured brain in the body of an adult?  Look at the image displayed here – that is abuse in itself, it is violence.  I wonder what my children would “think” of this? When force is laid upon a child the nature of the hand applying it is trauma to the gene absorption locators in the brain.  It is a criminal act. The hand that lays pressure to that of any child is projecting their own frustration.  Which is a mental health problem – wouldn’t you think?  I mean “hello!” it is not a physical problem is it.  Even a spastic person wouldn’t be able Continue Reading