The Drumbeats Grow Louder
Photo credit: taliesin from morguefile.com
(please note that the persons above are re-enactors and are not actively taking part in war exercises)
More and more frequently, I am seeing public, blatant, explicit statements and calls to action from my fellow Americans urging violence and war here at home. It’s easy to dismiss those as the statements of [...]
March 13, 2010
Tags: common sense, critical thinking, danger, film, questions, sanity, war Posted in: Insane 
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Of Mania and Manic Meltdowns
Obviously this blog is called Manic Meltdown, and just as clearly to those who look around a bit, I rarely write about truly being manic. That’s largely because I rarely am manic, myself, I’m more of a unipolar depressive type myself, when my grip slips. (Yes, I know, that’s shocking to those of you who [...]
August 31, 2009
Tags: help, insanity, mental health, questions, Resources, sanity, Tips Posted in: Resources, Sane, Tips One Comment
Sometimes you’ve gotta say “Who Cares?”
Part of my work involves serving as a sort of lay counselor for some of my clients. One of the things I have noticed time and again is people, particularly women, driving themselves utterly insane, trying to figure out the “rules” in life and what is “really” the case about a certain situation. (In fact, [...]
May 13, 2009
Tags: anxiety, attitudes, calmness, capacity building, critical thinking, fears, questions, sanity, Tips Posted in: Sane, Tips One Comment
Helping You
A newly found (and newly admired) fellow blogger really sparked my imagination today. His name is Rajesh Setty and his blog is Life Beyond Code.
In it, among many other useful thoughts and ideas, I came upon his exhortation that we should all “Increase our capacity to help other people increase THEIR capacities.” In other [...]
March 3, 2009
Tags: attitudes, blogs, capacity building, culture, helping others, priorities, questions Posted in: Sane One Comment
