Lessons on Compassion Part 1 of 2 Understanding the Past
March 19, 2010
Everybody has a past. A person’s past can be full of joy and excitement, generating positive emotions, or it can be a time of constant discontentment and ultimate devastation, producing a wish to forget it entirely. Everyone’s past is different and a large part of what makes us who we are in the present. The past shapes and molds us through joy and suffering. It can be the source of many answers if we are willing to take the time to discover the lessons to be learned. Read more
Taking Every Thought Captive
January 15, 2009
The idea that a person has power over his own thoughts is a concept that is hard for some to fathom. If one can gain control over the thoughts that run through the mind, possibilities are endless. Jesus Christ had this power. Jesus used this skill in John 9:1-4 when the disciples inquired about a man who was blind from birth. They asked, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus responded saying, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.” Read more
Why is Assertiveness Hard to Learn?
May 21, 2008
Of all the skills that are taught by SFT, assertiveness appears to the most difficult to learn. Unlike conventional wisdom that thinks assertiveness is being blunt or aggressive, it actually is getting needs met without offending others. Sometimes a student comes into a session and expresses how he was assertive. When he explains what he told the other person, it is not assertive at all. In fact, it turns out to be very aggressive. This is due to several factors: Read more
