It was the beginning of the Pandemic and people were getting
familiar with the new lockdown normal. A protestant
pastor had the bold idea to protect his community by praying for the safety
of every single parishioner. He took his commitment seriously and not a single
day passed by without his earnest prayers that were meant to protect the faithful
believers (i.e., modern Israel) amid this Egyptian-like...
Sunday, June 13, 2021
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Life as an attitude 2.0 - My ACT love affaire
Last April (04.2020) I had a new “revelation” about
the importance of attitudes in life, and I illustrated it with a couple of
examples from music, from high quality television shows, and I finally left the
readers with a bunch of rhetorical questions about their perspectives toward
the multiple facets of the fresh CORONA crises and its impact on our global village
(see here The value of attitudes)....
Monday, May 3, 2021
Life as a complex unfolding of overlapping and sometimes contradictory events
It’s May 1st
and a while ago the cherry tree in front of my window decided to beautify the
garden with hundreds of white, blossomed flowers. By watching it’s enthusiasm
for the sunshine you can hardly resist the contagious hope that naturally
spreads through its discrete scent. A simple, even absent-minded look towards
it could be enough to make you imagine the sap’s hidden joy for invigorating
the...
Sunday, February 21, 2021
The cacophonies of human cognition: A psychologist’s perspective on cognitive distortions
The CORONA crisis – and in fact
any other personal or collective crisis for that matter - represents a golden
opportunity to notice the disintegrated dance and numerous circus parades
animated by human cacophonies and misinterpretations. As humans we have an innate
tendency towards distortions, we like them so much, we embrace them to such an
extent that they become engrained into and indistinguishable...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Assuming responsibility
Irony represents a powerful
weapon, especially when handled with dexterity. After three month of daily extensive
media coverage on the imminent CORONA threat, even senior journalist’s highest frustration
tolerance limit crashes under Trump’s invulnerability illusions. Yesterday Anderson
Cooper reported that experts from the University of Washington estimated about
200.000 US deaths caused by CORONA...
Sunday, May 31, 2020
When anger overrides fear
Protesting during a pandemic
represents a toxic combination with a potentially damaging impact for the society
as a whole. However, the not even vaguely veiled dangers of CORONA contamination
was literally trampled by the righteous anger tornados stirred by the knee on
the neck murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis (May 25, 2020). The video
showing Floyd’s last minutes struggle to breathe under...
Sunday, May 17, 2020
The inadvertent consequences of disruptions
When disruptions hit us, or our
family, organization or country, our reactions tend to be negative: we get
frustrated, panicky-anxious, discouraged and resentful as we quickly realize
that old solutions are useless, known shortcuts are impracticable and normal
advancement is partially or totally blocked. So we see ourselves thrown in what
we perceive as strange new mess with little (if at all) experience...