Category: Relationships

  • Honouring Women, Challenging Men: A Call to Respect

    Honouring Women, Challenging Men: A Call to Respect

    Men, your letter is lower down. I encourage you to read both letters. Dear Women, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the challenges you face in a world that often objectifies and disrespects you. It saddens me to know that you encounter sexual advances, lewd comments, and demeaning treatment from men, even in…

  • The Cure for The Curse of Abandonment

    Deserted, alone, with nowhere to go, no place to call home because home is where the heart is, and even with the sea of people littering the cityscape, the silence of abandonment echoes deafeningly in me. Hunger for that connection starves rational thought, fed through years of abuse or neglect, and keeps the solution always…

  • Keep ’em Happy, Keep ’em Serviced, They Stay With You

    Are we talking customer service, or are we talking sex? When I heard this statement, I couldn’t help thinking of many variations of where this statement could be applied. In the context of the conversation, it pertained to customer relations. The conversation was with a beautiful young woman which conjured up other possibilities. “CrustyFarts.com would…

  • Friends versus People I Know

    A recent conversation stated that I don’t feel that I have any friends. Querying deeper, “of course I have friends,” I responded. It is in the distinction of the value-exchange that I require in a relationship to make that final leap. This isn’t to say there is no value in the people I know; there…

  • He Said, She Said | The Relationship Triangle | Successful Relations

    From the archives June 29, 2005 Most people get involved in a relationship for the right reasons and leave a relationship for the wrong reasons. In fact, most of us have been guilty of it at one time or another and of being a complete spaz demanding we get our way in the relationship. Remember…

  • Don’t Stop Lovin’ | Hold on to Love & Life | Heal Together

    From the Archives April 2006 Some stories can really spill the tears when witnessing the tragedy that occurs in people’s lives. Seeing the deep love between two people shoved into the pain until they can’t see or be with each other anymore is sad and understandable. A child dies, unable to be saved with any…

  • Anger | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Patience, Love, God

    From the archives An interesting event occurred yesterday (June 8, 2006) that revealed anger to be an opportunity. I was walking back home after an appointment downtown in the morning and had an encounter with a rude motorist. I gestured a “what gives” posture as I tried to cross at the intersection, on the pedestrian…