SAY WHAT?

I thought they cared about me!

But really if they did care they'd…

After all, that's what I would do!

Yikes!

What do ya say?  Is this type of thinking painful, or what?

GIVING AND GETTING…

There are things we've needed and wanted… and didn't get.

Obviously, we're not talking about those wrapped holiday gifts...

Was it our fault we didn't get what we needed?

Something defective in us?

Or was it about those others - usually mothers and fathers, siblings, even teachers - and their own defective 'giving' gene?

And how do we find the balance? The healthy, full place for us?

What do ya say?

The holidays, and certainly the New Year, are interesting times to think about this, right?

PREP WORK

Today I went to a meeting.  What an annoying jumble! 

The room had to be changed twice before we even got started and by the time the meeting began the presenter had lost lots of credibility - and had a tougher than planned audience!

Carpenters recite the motto:  Measure twice, cut once.

Obviously in their line of work it's a no-brainer…

And for the rest of us?

How much prep work do we need to do?

On the one hand we could be labeled compulsive… and on the other hand, sloppy and poorly prepared.

What do ya say?  How do you find that balance?