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Published: Monday, February 26, 2007 09:37 pm
• Forgive, sounds good. Forget, I'm not sure I could.
Especially religious oriented people are eager to overlook problems to embrace cheap forgiveness in the name of peacemaking. This is a form of self-deception, dishonesty and self-violation.
• They say time heals everything, But I'm still waiting…
Time does not stop the bleeding, and doesn’t heal, actually, kills. Peacemaking becomes a possibility after the bleeding has ended.
•I'm still mad as hell it means, nothing has happened to pave the way for forgiveness. Forgiveness requires a Bridge of Empathy, but empathy requires a change of interaction and an interaction of change.
• Why can't you just get over it Get over the problem is a form of denial of reality or the beginning of insanity.
• I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby Expressions of anger feelings are healthy and needed.
• That they'd write me a letter Saying that I better shut up and sing Or my life will be over America has changed for worse after 9/11. Intolerance has raised to unprecedented levels. This is a national systemic pathology.The exercise of democracy must make it safe to hold opposing views free from fear and retaliation.
Nice is a vague and empty word apart from acknowledgment of wrongdoing.
Published: Monday, February 26, 2007 08:00 pm
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
Eagles: 1976
The Lyrics of Hotel California is a rich Therapy Resource. We encourage you to print a copy of the lyrics as you review this outline and listen to the podcast.
Points to Consider:
•Don’t make crucial decisions in life when you feel in doubt. This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
•Don’t make important decisions when your mind is cloudy and your emotions are vulnerable. I had to stop for the night.
•The here and now may change your destination
•Easy alternatives may have difficult consequences. Plenty of room (…) Any time of Year.
•Some dance to remember, some dance to forget. Drinking to numb your pain may result in addiction.
•And still those voices are calling from far away. Life has a way of moving prime pleasure to peak boredom.
•We are all just prisoners here, of our own device. Therapy is liberation from internal and external imprisonments. Usually, our worse enemies are from within.
•They just can’t kill the beast. The beast is the symbolic representation our personal traumas and self- harm. It requires a killing process rather than a killing event.
•You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave! In this context you can never leave means you can never deny or ignore. Addressing your "hidden"issues consummates your checkout process.
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