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Greetings Dear Ones!

I just joined my local time bank. A simple principle: trading one hour of work for one hour of work. I love the concept, although not sure how it will play out for me....and willing to experiment. Basically, I offer my services (Nonviolent Communication/Mediation) and for each hour, I can receive an hour for massage, graphic art work, computer support, gardening, attorney support-whatever anyone else is offering. Housekeeper or dentist= one hour = one hour.

TIME is the value of exchange! Look for a time bank in your area (it's international)

http://www.timebanks.org/

I'm hoping this will result in the experience of valuing everyone's needs/strategies equally...I'm guessing that I will have more to say about how this works for me and the others that I interact with.

I would like support for how to notice --and then get myself out of-- when I  get into a pattern of advice, fixing, etc. One of my typical triggers is when someone I'm very close with is very challenged, is hurting and in pain. I want to do something and don't know what. I fear that if I do nothing and sit there on the phone in silence that they will feel abandoned and alone and fell like they're dangling or that I don't care or am not listening. My nervousness is uncomfortable for me and so go to what I grew up with and am used to: advice, fixing it, creative ideas, etc... They're "good" ideas, if you know what I mean, but they are not connecting words and I can tell that they didn't like it. How can I first of all notice that I'm doing this, sooner than later? AND then how to recover on the phone and get on track? I'd love to hear different approaches. Thanks, Paul

My blog is on http://www.visionenundwege.de/wordpress. It is in German. Please check there for up to date information about me.

I experience wild spiraling joy when I bring loving kindness and compassion into my daily words and acts. I do not know what effects may spiral out in fractal interdependence; I am trusting the effects are far-reaching and beautiful, creating more joy, compassion, love and peace around the planet. Do you experience that wild fractal joy spiraling outwards from your core heart with your congruent aligned words and actions?!?!?! Joy in this moment breathes me here and now. A song rises through me:
Dear Heart,wont you let me contribute to your Well-Being?Lungs breathing,heart beating, eyes seeing....Dear Heart! Dear Heart! Dear Heart!
Be well, Dear Ones, be Well !

Hej, dette er min første blog.
Jeg vil gerne dele min begejstring over den bog, jeg lige har udgivet på mit forlag Rosenlund Forlag www.rosenlundforlag.dk, "Respektfulde forældre, respektfulde børn."
Bogen er skrevet af Sura Hart og Victoria Kindle Hodson.

Bogen fik disse smukke ord med på vejen af
Susanne Broeng, familieterapeut og leder af Kempler Instituttet.

”Respekt, integritet, autenticitet og ligeværdighed - denne bog har et fundament af kærlighed til forældre og børn, som sammen med værdierne er livsnerven i al udviklende kontakt. ’Respektfulde forældre, respektfulde børn’ bidrager på en fornyende og kreativ måde til at ændre på de mønstre i familien, som ikke er udviklende. Med vise ord og enkle, tilgængelige øvelser hjælper den forældre til at fokusere og forandre. Anbefales varmt!”