Suppressing emotional reactions (reaction) V supressing emotions (feelings)
If we spent all day emotionally reacting to people we would never be free ... our inner balance and well being would be at the mercy of every single person we meet and hoe they trigger us
Suppressing a reaction still leaves room for observing the emotion that was triggered and hugging the wound better ...
Agreed!! Who're you telling? I don't belong to the 1% or the 10% or the crown!! I just happen to live where it's sunny a lot of the time and we save lots on heating bills ...
But to bring taxes down I don't think that looking at how much is invested in children or education is the answer. I bet you anything that the budget for the oval office & co for extra-non-duty expenses is way bigger than any amount spent on kids or education ...
I beg you pardon ... I was trying to keep to the subject of childcare in a roundabout way... although I didn't answer your question ...
Mostly I didn't answer the question because how much a government should pay for childcare would depend on many factors, like is ALL medical and dental care free for all children? Is there a child monthly allowance system in place for every child born? Is VAT lower on children's clothing and items? Are school meals subsidised for all children? Is school transport subsidised for all children? Are college fees free for all children? Are university fees free for all children? Is college and university accommodation subsidised for all children?
Depending on the answers to the above questions we might be able to work out how much governments should pay for childcare to each individual family
Agreed, but the need for both parents to work to cover the cost of living has been happening for a lot longer than "lockdown" causing businesses to close. Although it made it even worse...
I don't know ... repress or supress for me means pretend those emotions don't exist which is really unhealthy... There's another way which is to be aware of them and realise they sprung up from inside us and not blame the other person for them ... it may require time to go do some navel gazing ... them go back to continue conversation with the person ...
Apart from all those things you mention Lee, what's your take on the fact that men's wages are no longer sufficient to pay for rising life costs and mortgages or exorbitant rents?
Emotional intelligence is partly about not blaming others for those emotions tied to the irrational part of our being and partly how you handle those emotions sprung from the irrational part of our being without projecting the whole lot onto someone else ...
Wasn't like that when I lived in England. I left in 2008... My kids and grandchildren still live there though... the older ones are "older teenagers" now and the little one is only 5 so wouldn't walk from school on his own... sounds sad that there's been such a change...
Not sure what's going on in Paris but was in a small village south of Lyon for 2 weeks over Christmas and was very pleasant. People were nice...
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