"The daughters are to stay at home. The wife, more so. The dead are never accompanied to the cremation grounds by women. We aren’t allowed. Not in our custom.And so, we went to the cremation grounds — Ma and her daughters, to cremate our father, her husband. I took Ma’s hand and guided her from … Continue reading At the Maacher Bazaar, Fish For Life
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One Breath Before Responding = Better Listening
"Before you respond in a conversation, take a breath. Not an enormous, loud, obvious breath that screams out 'I am trying a new technique for better listening!' No, just a normal, simple, ordinary breath. That’s it. The whole technique, right there." —Kenneth E. Miller, "A Simple and Powerful Technique for Better Listening." Psychology Today. September … Continue reading One Breath Before Responding = Better Listening
