I attended a meeting on leadership principles. In this meeting I was asked to come up to the front of the room with 2 other people. While at the front of the room two of us were asked to grab the arms of the third person, one on one side and the second on the other. I obediently grabbed onto the left arm of this man. We were then asked to pull which we did. I may have been a little overzealous and I pulled hard, causing both men to lose balance. It is not as if my goal was to dislodge the arm from the shoulder socket, and yet when I play, I play to win. Pointing to the man in the middle the speaker made this point. He stated that the man the middle represented each of us as we are being constantly pulled in two different directions. He stated that we need to resist and remain on track and focused, and have a constant battle within ourselves in order to make good choices. Obviously he was talking about the conflict that exists between the conscious mind and the unconscious man. In religion it is referred to as…
I have two young boys. They are tremendous. Today after playing JENGA (block game), for about half an hour we decided to play super heroes. The tremendous thing about young boys is they don’t need much help in using their imagination. We all pretended that each of us was a superhero. Then I told a story about a ‘demon wolf’, a ‘monster’, ‘alien’ or other creature that was attacking us. We played this game for at least half an hour, so there were many different ‘bad guys’, and many different scenarios. I told the story first and then each of us acted out our parts. In the end we achieved victory and gave each other high fives and handshakes congratulating each other on being able to save the world once again. It really does feel good to save the world. Let me ask you. When did you last use your imagination in this way? I spent this time with my boys and I wondered what I have taught them. Often they are in competition and fight each other. In this game we used our imaginations and worked together. Unity, teamwork and fun all in our imagination. If you want to…