BESTSELF™ ICEBREAKER | Beliefs 01

WHAT BELIEFS WOULD YOU WANT TO PASS ONTO YOUR CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN?

I had a few rules in my home as my children were growing up, but I hope they pass along the only one that mattered: treat people the way you want to be treated.

They all bore witness to plenty of bad behaviour: bullying and gaslighting. The bright side of that is the same as the dark side, they saw first hand how not to behave rather than learning from some abstract (read: polite) metaphor.

To use the language of our transactional world, compassion and love have no downside. There is no weakness in being kind or empathetic. If anyone tries to criticize or shame you for being kind that is truly a reflection of their own issues.

I hope my children and grandchildren are kind in actions, words and thoughts.

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I enjoy answering tough questions if for no other reason to challenge myself to dig deep and tap into what I know to be true to my core, for me, no bullshit; and, I want to encourage others to show up and answer their own tough questions. In the midst of packing and moving in mid-October 2020, I got an email from BestSelf™ about an ICEBREAKER “Deeper Talk” deck. A deck? Hello? I’m IN! This deck contains 150 questions split across 6 different categories: Beliefs, Courage, Dreams, Exposed, Life Lessons and Self-Awareness. How tough can it be? We’re about to find out. 150 weeks of answers. (I’m so much better with giving the answers than asking the questions.) I do hope you share your answers with me! #letshaveaconversation  #deepertalkdeck

“THE ART OF CONVERSATION IS THE ART OF HEARING AS WELL AS OF BEING HEARD.” – William Hazlitt