Rosie Reflecting

Yes just that an earthquake. Actually it happened a couple of weeks ago, one Sunday evening. We were sat on the balcony about 8.45 pm, unusual for us because about then is when the mosquitoes appear and the ones at that time of night are minute, nasty vicious things with a bite that reminds you it was there for a couple of days. We had experienced our first earthquake a couple of months before, still during shielding we had been up in a neighbor’s apartment whilst we had new railings built on our the step up to our balcony (the previous railing not having been fitted by a craftsman, rather by a man on the cheap thanks to our previous managing agents, (along the lines of ‘I have a mate he’ll do it cheap’, not that it was of course). On that day I was stood on the balcony listening to the various Imams in the local area calling to prayer, literally the after noon prayer Dhuhr or Zuhr that is called when the sun passes the zenith. The balcony railing shook a little, I looked down and

The owl fabled epitome of a leveller The Leveller Remembering the Satir Categories from the last post, this is by far the best place to be, it’s not always the easiest place to be. Our default behaviours are often governed by nature and nurture.   Levellers have few threats to their self-esteem.   Words, voice tone, body movements and facial expressions all give the same message.   Levellers apologise for an action, not for existing.   They have no need to blame, be subservient, retreat into a computer behaviour or to be constantly on the move.   They are great communicators and have the ability to build bridges in relationships, heal stalemates and build self-esteem.     How does a leveller think and behave? The leveller response is a real-time congruent response.   All the other responses that manifest in the other behaviours are as a result of negative internal feelings causing words and actions to be incongruent.   It is very easy, under pressure, to respond to a situ

The world is going to hell in a handcart* - can we stop it? Facebook on which we rely so much for local information out here, with a current dose of when can people come out on holiday (we don’t make the rules, no idea) and do they really have to wear a mask (yes there’s a hefty fine and if you’re a tourist they will fine you), Facebook is a hive of discontent, backbiting and backstabbing. So few people fail to appreciate Facebook friends are most frequently not real friends and often that are not friends with themselves either, just there to vent their spleen on someone else. For me, friends are people I know really well, I have perhaps 10 people I count as friends and that is world over. I know many people they are acquaintances. There is a great deal happening in the world today and much of it in many places not good. How people react is interesting. I’m trying to avoid the political rights and wrongs, but I would like you share some information about people behaviours and h