Friday, June 18, 2010
Love's Power ...A New Approach to Stress Management
Another Patton Associates S-M-A-R-TBriefing™
The Power of Love
by: Gary F. Patton (gfp '42™)
The Beatles were right! "All we need is love!"
That's because love is the most powerful force in the universe ...in your home, your workplace and in your neighbourhood. Recurring research proves it.
For you business people who doubt my linking the words 'love' and 'workplace', here's what one top management guru says on the subject:
“Love in organizations is the most potent source of power we have available.” ~ Margaret Wheatley, U.S. author, consultant & management guru (From: ‘Leadership and the New Science’)
"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave." ~ Mohandas Gandhi (1869 – 1948) Indian statesman
Like other positive emotional states, love, like its namesakes, improves human performance, including the way the brain processes information.
That's the part of the brain those of us who work were hired to use. It's the same part that we entrepreneurs are wise to optimize if we want to stay in business!
"If you want to hear the truth, listen to your heart because it doesn't know how to lie."
~ Gingerale
Here’s your customer service and people skills S-M-A-R-TTip™: "To love" is a verb ...an active not a passive verb, the synonym for which is "to serve"! And serving others is love made visible!" ~ gfp '42™ When we smooth our heart-brain interaction by feeling love (serving), we feel better and can be our best. We are better equipped to think more clearly because we can see people and situations from a broader, more complete perspective. When we do, we are better problem-solvers and decision-makers. We also are better lovers! "To love" is also a choice. And remember, quality customer service is a moment-to-moment choice. And life is an unending series of choices.~ Gingerale
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Labels: anxiety, appreciation, compassion, creativity, joy, love, non-judmentalism, peace, planning, productivity, Spirituality, stress management, time management
Monday, February 15, 2010
Iran's is a Dangerous Regime
Some of you are old enough to remember the terrifying, daily headlines about the threats to the lives of the Americans who were kept hostage by Iranian terrorists in the U.S.'s own Embassy ...for months after the riots broke out in Tehran.
Remember an Embassy is a place of safety and refuge for foreigners in civilized, and even hostile, countries in most other places in the world ...except Iran. (We Canadians can be proud that a Canadian embassy official was instrumental in getting many of the Americans trapped in Iran, in 1979, out and home to safety)
We are wise to examine not only what the heads of this barbaric regime say during this season. But also what they have done during the past 30 years. Only in this way can we really understand the underlying basis of the real threat facing the Body of Christ and all Infidels, as Iran's leaders and other terrorists love to call us.
Remember though: The threat to your family is from radical and violent Islamism, the ideology, NOT Islam, the religion. And it is Iran's seemingly insane leaders that are one major source of the threat to us ...NOT the Iranian people nor Muslims generally ...despite what some Christians are saying on the WWW.
You can watch an Arab reporter interview a well-known Muslim in the video here. He shares his startling views on this issue of radical ideology which he calls "...our problem in the Arab world".
This site here will educate you more about this threat. You can subscribe to breaking news updates there by e-mail if you wish.
Another excellent and helpful site is that of Dr. Tawfik Hamid, a prior terrorist turned Reformer. You can discover how he distinguishes between Islamism, the ideology that maims and kills, and Islam, the religion at his site here. His article on the elimination of the Iranian regime as a major key to resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict is here.
Please take a few minutes to educate yourselves on Iran and the dangers of Islamism.
Please also tell your colleagues, friends, neighbours and relatives why it is so important to look at Iran's regime as a dangerous one. That's because Iran's is a regime filled with violent men. They are bent on destroying not only Israel and the Great Satan, the U.S, but also you and your kids and everyone else in Western society whom they call Infidels.
Beware because of the spirit that possesses Iran's leaders that drives them to recurring murder of Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
These followers of Shia, not Sunni, Islam are called Shi'as but are also known as Shiites. They passionately believe that by terrorizing and murdering us that they will hasten the coming of their messiah. But their 'Mahdi' or 'Medhi', as he's know but seldom talked about in the media, is not the loving Jesus of the Bible Whom they say they honour and respect.(Some teach that their Madhi is "The Antichrist", the unknown person, organization or thing that the Bible talks about a lot, using many different names, but does not describe clearly.)
Beware, educate yourself and, especially, pray! Our key, spiritual warfare weapon is far more powerful than than the dirty nuclear bombs that Iran's leaders also are trying to get their deadly hands on.
How you feel about these issues I'd love to hear.
Labels: Current Hot Potatoes, Islamism, Politics, Prayer, Society and Culture, Spirituality
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Chuck Norris Takes On Oprah
"For years, Chuck Norris has been a vigilante for justice, rounding up the bad guys in various films and TV shows such as '
When I read this introduction to an Editorial on the Church Solutions website today, the Bible story about David and Goliath jumped into my mind. (And I chuckled ...for obvious reasons. "Sorry, Oprah!")
You can read the rest of the article here. It's well worth your time if you're concerned about the subtle, demonic creep of secular humanism clothed in Christian garb rapidly wraping itself around North America, particularly.
Hopefully, the stones Mr. Norris puts in his sling shot will be as empowered by Holy Spirit as were David's and enable him to fell, with our prayerful help, the billion dollar Tolle/Winfrey colossus. "Those who have the ears to hear, let them hear!"
Now It's Your Turn!: Please share how you feel and what you think about what you've just read. For example: "Is Norris wasting his time fighting against the spread of secular humanism, especially when, in this case, it's being driven by Ms. Winfrey's tremendous resources? " or "Is Oprah's 'soft Christianity', as it's called by some, really dangerous? " (My 'Comment Section', in which you can share anonymously, will open to you when you click on "comments" immediately below this post. The “Word Verification Procedure” there before you can post is included to prevent spammers from spoiling your enjoyment of my site.)
Until next time, how can I help you? (You can contact me by clicking here. Also, you can contact me directly to be added to Patton Associates S-M-A-R-TBriefing™ Mailing List. Check out recent samples here.)
Labels: Guard Your Family, Spirituality
Saturday, February 23, 2008
"The Shack"
Have you read an incredible book lately? One that makes you tingle? I just finished doing so. And I want to recommend The Shack to you ...unconditionally!
The Shack is a Christian book written by a Canadian Follower of Jesus.
Three of this book's many endorsements will tell you more, more concisely than I can. And they're from people with more influence to motivate you than I have:
"When the imagination of a writer and the passion of a theologian cross-fertilize the result is a novel on the order of The Shack. This book has the potential to do for our generation what John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress did for his. It’s that good!"
-- Eugene Peterson, Professor Emeritus Of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.
"Finally! A guy-meets-god novel that has literary integrity and spiritual daring. The Shack cuts through the clichés of both religion and bad writing to reveal something compelling and beautiful about life’s integral dance with the divine. This story reads like a prayer—like the best kinds of prayer, filled with sweat and wonder and transparency and surprise. When I read it, I felt like I was fellowshipping with God. If you read one work of fiction this year, let this be it." -- Mike Morrell, Zoecarnate.com
"Don’t miss this! If there’s a better book out there capturing god’s engaging nature and his ability to crawl into our darkest nightmare with his love, light and healing, I’ve not seen it. For the most ardent believer or newest spiritual seeker, the shack is a must-read." -- Wayne Jacobsen, author of 'So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore'
You'll find a short, neat comment from the author about how the book came about here. You'll enjoy what he says, I suspect.
Above I say that I recommend The Shack to you ...unconditionally! For some contrary opinions to many things shared by Young in his book, you can go here for the views of Toronto Blogger Tim Challies. He's a Calvinist who likes to review Christian books.
Now It's Your Turn!: Please share how you feel and what you think about what you've just read. For example: "Can we really have intimacy with God as the author and his endorsers suggest?" or "What great books have you read recently and why do you feel they are great?" (My 'Comment Section', in which you can share anonymously, will open to you when you click on "comments" immediately below this post. The “Word Verification Procedure” there before you can post is included to prevent spammers from spoiling your enjoyment of my site.)
Until next time, how can I help you? (You can contact me by clicking here. Also, you can contact me directly to be added to Patton Associates S-M-A-R-TBriefing™ Mailing List. Check out recent samples here.)
Labels: Book Reviews, Spirituality
