Family Matters

Written by Rosalyn Bronstein


Sincerepparttar escalation of international terrorist activity a few years ago, many of us have had an opportunity to re-evaluate relationships and reflect upon our lives. This can be a very difficult, and sometimes wrenching thing to do, but a necessary activity. Making this sort of emotional assessment takes us back to our core values. It helps us to appreciaterepparttar 111209 people who have touched our lives in positive ways.

Who you are is a reflection ofrepparttar 111210 people you have been around, in conjunction with circumstances and environment. These are usually family and friends - those who care about your physical, emotional, and spiritual welfare. Having a support system is an important aspect of developing a strong psyche.

Have you ever wondered why a particular person has come into your life? Perhaps there's a life lesson for you to learn - compassion, patience, trust, dependability, etc., that was not possible to experience any other way. We frequently meet people who are destined to be pivotal to us through another contact. Being open to these opportunities can create an enriching endeavour.

Lessons in Television

Written by Alyice Edrich


We were watching a preview aboutrepparttar movie, S.W.A.T., and howrepparttar 111208 original weekly drama was cancelled because it showed a lot of gun shooting–which many inrepparttar 111209 industry felt was “too violent.” If you grew up inrepparttar 111210 70’s you would realize thatrepparttar 111211 original S.W.A.T. wasn’t violent, but rather consisted ofrepparttar 111212 daily dealings of real S.W.A.T. officers and while there was gun shooting, there was no blood and guts. In fact, in just about every show they tried to handlerepparttar 111213 situation without bringing inrepparttar 111214 “BIG GUNS.”

Honestly, we can’t shelter our children from everything in life. If we did, they would go intorepparttar 111215 world and face its ugliness naively and could ultimately find themselves in situations they didn’t need to be in. Instead, we should use some ofrepparttar 111216 ugliness portrayed in films as a way to breakrepparttar 111217 ice and speak to our children on topics we might not otherwise have found a way to talk about.

For instance, just last week we were watchingrepparttar 111218 show, “Without A Trace.” This week’s issue dealt with bullies and a child who tried to hang himself because

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