Developing Awareness of LivingWritten by Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer
PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in newsletters and on web sites provided attribution is provided to author, and it appears with included copyright, resource box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is appreciated but not required. Mail to: eagibbs@ureach.comIn interviews with elderly, especially with those who realize that their remaining time is drawing to a close, one will often hear them say, "I waited too long to start living." Researchers find this response strange. It doesn't take much studying, however, to understand that elderly person is really saying that he failed to enjoy life. Research has shown us that most people, during richest and fullest years of their lives, fail to develop an awareness of living. Millions of people with miracle of sight never see world about them until it is practically too late; millions with inborn capacity to love, and to know joy that loving brings, wait too long to express it. They live through passing years without being aware of their days, or of riches that are passing through their hands.
| | Being Unhappy with YourselfWritten by Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer
PERMISSION TO REPUBLISH: This article may be republished in newsletters and on web sites provided attribution is provided to author, and it appears with included copyright, resource box and live web site link. Email notice of intent to publish is appreciated but not required. Mail to: eagibbs@ureach.comI am always bothered whenever I see someone criticizing another person in a loud, angry, and boisterous manner. It bothers me because, although it may have been meant to be constructive, it is, in reality, destructive for both parties. And I know that experience does not have to be destructive. What criticizing person fails to realize is that he is showing his ignorance. He is demonstrating his unhappiness with himself. He concentrates on what is wrong with everything instead of what is right. He does not see sky; he sees rainy clouds. He does not see true potential of his wife, children, or employees; he only sees their tiny natural mistakes. This person concentrates on specks of dust that may be found on a masterpiece and misses masterpiece, itself. As a result, he goes through life missing beauty and gusto of life. That is why real love, real, well-adjusted and true love, is so great. It stops to smell roses, to see ducks in lake, to see butterflies on flowers. The total image is so wonderful that little flaws become insignificant; they are not noticed.
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