I Begin

So, I now have a Blog....what does it mean. It means I have somewhere to write my thoughts, my rants, my raves. This Blog will have many threads....I am a lesbian living in Utah, I work in the conflict resolution field and I am a democrat...who is sick and tired of the Bush bullshit! I can't believe that we have this man as a president...what is wrong with us? Who voted for that idiot?
The one thing I like the most about working as a mediator...is that I have learned that I do not have the answers for anyone except myself ( and sometimes I struggle with those). So, who is Bush to decide, with his conservative buddies, what is best for anyone or everyone. A poem for BUSH.....

Listen

When I ask you to listen to me
and you start giving advice
you have not done what I asked.

When I ask you to listen to me
and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel that way
you are trampling on my feelings

When I ask you to listen to me
and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem,
you have failed me, strange as that may seem.

Listen! All I asked was that you listen.
not talk or do -- just hear me.
Advice is cheap; one dollar will get you both Dear Abby and
Billy Graham in the same newspaper.
And I can do for myself; I'm not helpless.
Maybe discouraged and faltering, but not helpless.

When you do something for me that I can and need
to do for myself, you contribute to my fear and weakness.

But, when you accept as a simple fact that I do feel what I feel,
no matter how irrational, then I can quit trying to convince
you and can get about the business of understanding what is
behind this irrational feeling. And when that is clear, the answers are obvious and I don't need advice. Irrational feelings make sense when we understand what's behind them.

Perhaps that's why prayer works, sometimes, for some people because
God is mute, and He does not give advice or try to fix things.
"They" just listen and let you work it out for yourself.

So, please listen and just hear me. And, if you want to talk, wait
a minute for your turn; and I'll listen to you.
Anonymous

It's about understanding...not knowing it all!