June 10, 2008This week in the world ~ articles, posts, competition

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I got great responses to my article on Constructive Anger. This week I’m taking on tears and friendship.

If you cry frequently, you’ll want to read: The Secret Power of Tears: How to cry your heart open and SpeakStrong in love

If you don’t cry frequently, you need to read The Secret Power of Tears and learn how to cry your heart open to SpeakStrong in love.

My proofreader/sister has been teasing me without mercy about tears since she proofed the article. I say: don’t knock it until you try it.

The article is longer and more personal than most of my articles. I encourage you to read it.

You can read my take on the new Sex and the City movie. Check out: Sex and the City’ provides the role model of sisterly love…sort of: A SpeakStrong definition of friendship

My husband dragged me to the movie opening…and I’m glad he did.

Posts to Unite and Concur

Read the many new posts to my Unite and Concur blog. It’s not your standard political blog.

I have two great guest posts. Michael Mendenall explains how he transformed the tone of a party meeting with inspiring words. Read about that in: Here to serve. Wendy Mack describes how opposing interests came together in an unlikely alliance between Colorado ranchers and politicians. That’s Another unlikely alliance.

You can also read about Congressman Lee Hamilton’s advice to the consensus-starved, I versus We, dare to care, and dare to hope. Or just visit the blog and read them all at Uniteandconcur.com.

Competing with an eleven-year old?

A friend and I spent much of our hike laughing at my foibles this week, but we did spend a moment laughing at hers. An eleven-year old bragged to her about having put sixty miles on his bike since May, and she was quite tempted to tell him she had put over 600 miles on hers. She asked herself “Why do I feel a need to compete with an eleven-year old?” She congratulated him instead of one-upping him. It’s amazing what our egos have us do, isn’t it?

Competing at all?

Now, let’s take the above observation one step forward. Why do we one-up (or one down) at all? In some areas we’re all like first-graders. In other areas we’re graduate level. Let’s stop comparing and take inspiration and understanding from each other.