Why Do Bad Things Happen? (Part 1)

As the blame game continues to engulf politics, with neither side agreeing on any measure to get the country out of trouble, except for trivial half measures, one thing is obvious. You can’t figure out how to fix bad tings until you know why they happened. This applies to society but also to our personal lives. Bad things cause pain, suffering and confusion. They overturn the rhythm of normal life. Fear and anger surface, breaking apart a person’s emotional picture of reality. By “emotional reality” I mean the assumption that your existence can be calm, secure, prosperous, and unthreatened. Different as they are, a terrorist attack, bankruptcy, and a diagnosis of cancer are all bad things that create the same responses inside us. (more…)

QUESTION

I have a question… Your probably busy and I don’t know if you personally update this page but I am reading ‘Why God Is Laughing’ and loving it but there is a joke I don’t understand. Please excuse my silliness if it’s obvious.
“A little girl is taken to a restaurant by her parents. The waiter stands by while they read the menu. The little girl says, ‘I want a hamburger.’
“The mother looks over at the father. ‘How does a Greek salad sound?’
“‘Fine,’ he replies.
“‘We’ll have three Greek salads,’ the mother tells the waiter.
“Turning to the kitchen, the waiter shouts, “two Greek salads and a hamburger.’
“‘Look, mommy,’ the little girl exclaims. ‘He thinks I’m real!'”

If anyone else could please explain this for me I would be very grateful. I am loving the book and wouldn’t want to continue reading without understanding it.

What does Evolutionary Leadership mean?

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Deepak and Diane Williams discuss evolutionary and conscious leadership.