Helen Plus Three

Lisa Earle Mcleod writes a book that makes a lot of common sense.  While we have always been thought to tolerate and compromise in relationships to keep the peace so to speak, she has added an interesting perspective which is not compromise but to listen and take in the opposing view and combine it with yours and output a result that is far superior from the original thoughts. It  keeps the peace of the situation, with the other party and within ourselves too. What it leaves is no baggage, no residual resentments and no bad blood. It opens new thought trends and moves one out of the box where new opportunities abound. So life doesn't have to be complicated, we just allow it to get that way and wallow in it. The solutions and alternatives are there, we need to avail ourselves of them. It's about changing your immediate response in a conflict situation.  Hard!.  Our usual communication and work process itself takes tweaking.  In our fast track lives, slowin...

Horrors and wonders....  Phnom Penh, Siem Reap... more than 1000 years of History and rich cultures inter mingled and it's where probably many of our Asians have our origins and links ... and no, let's not forget too the more recent horrors from 35 years ago(killing >2mil people including women and children) - the despicable action of man's tyrannical rule - Pol Pot; and evidence of reckless land minds in surviving victims. Still today, there are wounds and healing stories from among second generation descendants of lost loved ones. The country is beautiful, and clean especially Siem Reap, if you have strength in your legs, see it now.  There's lots of walking and climbing to be done... Get the Banana Fritters in Siem Reap, couldn't locate those in Phnom Penh !. 1 of the 200 odd (torture) prisons set up by Pol Pot, the grey border marks the cell walls  where they once used to be, for 1 person and a little box for crap and pee. shackles B...