tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422327505814019451.post1332392459152283743..comments2024-02-24T00:17:05.532-08:00Comments on Taking the Escalator: A Breakfast You Can TolerateTaking the Escalatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17360683176716360335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422327505814019451.post-75994659648837334472018-05-22T22:03:28.738-07:002018-05-22T22:03:28.738-07:00Thank youThank youTaking the Escalatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360683176716360335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422327505814019451.post-28678984800855310172018-01-19T00:55:29.081-08:002018-01-19T00:55:29.081-08:00Hi there Kenneth!
I got the point of tolerance,whi...Hi there Kenneth!<br />I got the point of tolerance,while half way reading it..it is so recognizable!<br />It is a great tool,this story and I am going to use it.As a social worker I am also working with mentally limited guys in their 20th"s,in a shelter house my family and I started a few years ago,because we do not agree with the way the regular caretaking organizations work in this overruled country.This house is an extension of our familie,to give fall-outs of the regular caresystem a fair chance...and we don"t do it for the money!!<br />I think I also can use this story to tell my neighbours,friends and all other people who so called "made it in live"..It seems for most people "enough is never enough" ,when they are given something extra not asked for,they expect to get it for the rest of their lives,claim it and start a riot when it gets less,or stops...<br />Empathy is hard to practice in action ,instead of just talking about it,but can be learned!!<br />The connection with substance use as you describe it , is obvious.The bagels could be someones drugs of choice.<br />I think the character traits of people using drugs or recovering from it ,are the same of those of people who do not have this issue.<br />Addicted people can try to turn the bad manners(done in bad times),into good manners and turn their weakness into powertools...and ALL people can learn that sharing is not only abuot the good things,but also the bad things.To do that,you have to do efforts,that are also called WORKING!Meaning showing understanding and together working to get the good things back-I hope you know what I mean.<br />So...while telling this story in a group,I will try to make them think and talk about it,filling in the gaps when silent moments are getting too long.It must be a dialogue and not a discussion and each one of the group should be aware of his/her feelings during this session.Including me of course.<br />If you have questions because of my grammer(I am a dtuch guy..),please ask me and I will answer you.<br />Thanks for the insperation you give me so early in tha day:it"s 10 am over here.<br />All my best,<br />Peter Hardijzer<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065841641760120968noreply@blogger.com