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OK...

Sun, 08/22/2010 - 1:26pm — edmcshane

...the last submission was brilliant. Hope you read it while it was up here.
If not, know this: you missed a good one.

I got called out...and they were right

Sun, 07/25/2010 - 10:39am — edmcshane

Folks,
I signed up for a website called "Arguing with Republicans is a waste of time"  And a Republican friend of mine called me out on it. 
I felt about this big. Way to go Mr. Compassion.
So as a statement, I am making sure that I un-dumb the Facebook website selections that I've previously thought were cute. "Things Republicans Hate" is the next to go.

Why should we Give?

Fri, 07/16/2010 - 7:56am — edmcshane

 This is the question posed on Annabel's Facebook Page:

Essay on Anger

Sun, 07/11/2010 - 10:41am — edmcshane

 I had coffee with my middle child this morning, and although she is an absolutely wonderful person, I found that she likes a TV show about two angry, aggressive fitness trainers yelling at fat people.

Activism Works in San Diego!

Wed, 07/07/2010 - 4:01pm — edmcshane

 Article from today's "San Diego Union."  Ocean Beach is a very laid back, beach front community.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/06/ob-bumper-sticker-battle-heats/
 

Be Not Afraid

Wed, 07/07/2010 - 10:33am — edmcshane

 "Fears are like dragons guarding our most precious treasures." -Rilke
"Live boldly and walk with faith, in yourself and in each other."  -Ed McShane

The Starting Place in the Dialog is...

Tue, 07/06/2010 - 1:53pm — edmcshane

 "The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend." -Abraham Lincoln
That said, we are all Americans; we have no enemies among us. We have so, so much in common with one another: Children, traffic, hairdo's, and chocolate, to name a few. Start there...and begin speaking to one another. 

OODA Loop for Compassion

Mon, 07/05/2010 - 12:27pm — edmcshane

I know a very nice man, a Marine Corps Colonel, that told me about how he now runs his business with this assessment tool he learned while in the Military:
OODA Loop.
Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.   
Apply thusly: OBSERVE the need for kindness; ORIENT toward your involvement to that need; DECIDE your intervention and ACT WITH KINDNESS, OPENNESS, UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION.
We are all in this thing together. 
Peace.
 

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