In my opinion, ever since the "church" has stopped helping people and only entertain now - counseling has become a money making industry because people don't know how to help one another anymore. We also don't know how to be empathic and listen to our friends, we'd rather think we're connected by texting...
After our only child/son Michael died 3.5 yrs ago two months after his death a friend of friend's son died she wanted me to reach out to her because I understood what she was going through... It was mind blowing that she couldn't be there for her friend, but I learned early on that even in my sorrow I was going to have to be there for others...
We forget that no matter where we are in life, we all have something to offer to someone. This "selfie-filled" world we live just continues to facilitate that "self" anything is what really matters but it will only leave you with your self and all alone.
Funny enough, it's only after reading this that I realized, I may have wrongly classified personal knowledge management systems as self-help.
But as someone that struggled with overwhelm of tasks, projects and actual need to get the ‘omg what I need to do’ anxiety off my brain, a bullet journal was the best way of helping myself that I found then
In my experience, all of these questions ring deep. But after spending time with them, one landed viscerally… that’s when I knew my REAL primal question. Now to learn how to meet that need in a healthy way…
This is spot on, Shelf help can be packed with intentions, looking outside for a fix, when understanding the conversation going on within, that often overlooks the answers that are hidden right in front of us. Discovering what that conversation is, is liberating, and the beginning to see all the fruit we offer. Great post! Thank you Mike!
In my opinion, ever since the "church" has stopped helping people and only entertain now - counseling has become a money making industry because people don't know how to help one another anymore. We also don't know how to be empathic and listen to our friends, we'd rather think we're connected by texting...
After our only child/son Michael died 3.5 yrs ago two months after his death a friend of friend's son died she wanted me to reach out to her because I understood what she was going through... It was mind blowing that she couldn't be there for her friend, but I learned early on that even in my sorrow I was going to have to be there for others...
We forget that no matter where we are in life, we all have something to offer to someone. This "selfie-filled" world we live just continues to facilitate that "self" anything is what really matters but it will only leave you with your self and all alone.
Funny enough, it's only after reading this that I realized, I may have wrongly classified personal knowledge management systems as self-help.
But as someone that struggled with overwhelm of tasks, projects and actual need to get the ‘omg what I need to do’ anxiety off my brain, a bullet journal was the best way of helping myself that I found then
In my experience, all of these questions ring deep. But after spending time with them, one landed viscerally… that’s when I knew my REAL primal question. Now to learn how to meet that need in a healthy way…
This is spot on, Shelf help can be packed with intentions, looking outside for a fix, when understanding the conversation going on within, that often overlooks the answers that are hidden right in front of us. Discovering what that conversation is, is liberating, and the beginning to see all the fruit we offer. Great post! Thank you Mike!