Responsible (response-able)
The last blog was all about power, control and responsibility.
Which then got me thinking about that word ‘responsible’
Response able
Able to respond.
Doh…I’d not thought of it like that before.
- So what does ‘being able to respond’ mean to you?
Able to respond to someone else.
Responding to someone else is different from … Read more
Responsibility, control and power
- What do ‘power’, ‘control’ and ‘responsibility’ look like to you?
I’ve been watching my kids and the people around me, as well as myself, and wondering what the relationship is between these words. I started off looking at it from a family perspective and then got to thinking about it at work and it strikes … Read more
Wanting More More More
Remember that song: More More More (or am I showing my age here? The video is so 70s it will make you laugh and cringe)
One of the pieces of feedback I got from the blog about contentment was how easy it is to keep looking for more, rather than being content with what we … Read more
Inherited Unintentional Untruths
Yesterday the kids and I went to a local event by a canal. As we approached the entrance, we spotted blackberries and guzzled.
We rarely make blackberry crumble or blackberry pie as we’re an ‘eat as you go’ kind of family so we end up with sticky fingers and blackish tongues – but nothing in … Read more
Money
My former therapist used to say ‘when someone starts talking about money, food or sex, pay attention, because they’re really talking about love.
See what you think? I think it definitely tells us something about what we value and where we invest in ourselves and others.
I went on a splurge this week which is … Read more
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