Power vs Force
A few weeks ago my daughter and I had a rough Saturday morning. Our whole argument could be summarized in a variety of ways:Perhaps I could focus on what we each did right/wrong: She woke up in a bad mood, and I reacted badly.Or, she was struggling with hurt feelings...Using Force to Destroy or Protect
When I was 13, my younger sister and I came across a couple of neighbor boys throwing rocks at a bat lying injured on the ground.Outraged, my little sister flung herself at them and began pulling them away in order to protect the bat.I helped.Backing away, these boys...Learning to Hiss: The Cats & Dog Story
When we adopted Mr. Whiskerson from the humane society, he was already an old cat with a life-time trauma history. He’d been found neglected and hiding out in a log pile, and although he’d been adopted twice before, his previous owners had returned him to the shelter....Learning to Hiss: The Cobra Story
In a village, there once lived a cobra whose bite had taken the lives of many of the people. The leader of the community went to a wise man and said, “We can’t go on like this. The snake is killing off all the villagers. Won’t you please do something about it?” The...
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