Holy guacamole:

Whew, an e-mail disruption on the Kindle FIRE can send things into a tizzy. It may be a wonderful day for The World’s Best Mediator, to step back and allow some of the previous accomplishments to settle in. I am not certain I will get as far as the Cape, or perhaps the North Shore, but it would be a great day for some clams or something; not to mention address my shoe situation. I believe a tremendous piece of work, has been accomplished in the name of The World’s Best Mediator, visible at www.calminterventions.com AND I may just ready to push that on through. One day at a time of course. Well as they sang to Mr. Ed: ”A horse is a horse, of course, of course, but not if it Mr. Ed.” Speaking at staying on course, lol! I read recently that a sign of maturity was the capacity to laugh at one’s self; count me in that number.

Sunrise, sunset. I believe Henry Ford, had this right: “The key is to work hard, but not too hard.”

Eye on the ball

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I have to laugh at myself:

Sometimes, I guess, I go too far, or believe that things that used to be will be again. Truly, the skills I have learned of working for others, working with others, and having an agenda that will guide and help the world, are the biggest things in play for me. Old relationships, people who do not recognize and appreciate constructive ways of dealing with other human beings, I guess ultimately fall by the wayside in an appropriate sense for me, because there is nothing in the world as warm and gratifying as dealing with other human beings on the basis of reason and respect.

I mean I have heard of teaching old dogs new tricks and all of that, and believe me, to me it is not a function of chronological age, as elderly woman of 84 this morning called me: “Jonathan” in a cute way, but it just has more to do, with people who for whatever reason refuse to learn peaceful and constructive ways to live their lives and relate with others. A young one is most adament. Phooey.

Then again: one definition of mental health is fascinating:

This was from the cover of Parade Magazine of all places about a decade ago. What it talked about was the fact of mental illness, AND then when people acted upon their illness it is evil. Breakfast club…

A point of genius AND the nature of mental illness in the 21st century:

One of the cases, I am working on involved a monumental piece of work, resulting in what I consider to be a point of genius. In general, the scenario involved a person, in a leadership role in a family leading effort to demonize and stigmatize another family members with basically false allegations of mental health issues. Due to a variety of circumstances the perspective grew into a frenzy, with virtually all members of the family supporting the perspective, even though it was deeply false and malicious. Eventually through a patient and persevering approach utilizing Analytical Mediation, an assessment was made on my part, that it was in fact the person, who was doing the finger-pointing who had the mental health issue, in a much deeper sense.

Thus, it can readily be understood, how people who extremely vigorously and/or viciously point fingers at another, may well be at root the destabilizing party. It is worth noting that with regard to mental health issues in the 21st century; these must not be seen as stigmas, but as functions of the human condition.

Emotional Intelligence:

is a wonderful skill to develop. I find it not only relates to how mature and able we become in our ability to become reasoned and intelligent people onto ourselves; but also to begin to develop antenae, in terms of our interactions with others. In other words we develop a sense of what peoples’ motivations really are, are they truly with us, or against us, or in between. It is not to say we must go on heightened alert with regard to our human interactions; as I say I am of the belief that most people are of reasonably good intentions. Instead, it does well, as the section under Area of Genius referencing extremely challenging personality types on www.calminterventions.com indicates to be aware of people whose intentions are really not to help, sometimes it is even to harm you, in the vein of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

As I say, it is not about developing a skitterish, almost paranoid-like notion of peoples’ actions; it is rather to develop true objectivity to understand people for who they are. Sincerely, Jon

A great day for Analytical Mediation:

The brand of mediation developed by Calm Interventions and Jon Myers<, The World’s Best Mediator. Working on a deep case a truly narcissistic source of conflict was further exposed. Narcissism has to be the most vulgar human quality. Ciao.

A great day, to be thankful for all that we have:

Whether people celebrate Mother’s Day, due to the great experiences provided by many of the hard working mothers, as well as fathers in the world, who are doing their best; or you can celebrate for other reasons, including your own self growth and development today is just a great day be thankful for our blessings, be they big or small. I find an attitude of gratitude or appreciation, can be developed relatively immune from how much we either do or do not have in our lives.

A thing, if not the thing I can be most happy for in life, is developing an upbeat attitude, along with a sense of purpose, a truly wonderful combination. So we do our best, in whatever areas of life, we must attend to on an daily basis, and then put trust in the process itself, for the most part. It may be a great day, to take some time off and just enjoy some of the splendors of today. It may get to 80 in the Greater Boston area.  Those Celtics were something last night.

One of the things about my life, is that it has a real life Indiana Jones quality to it:

You know it is funny, so to speak, I have sought to kind of keep the story of how I became The World’s Best Mediator and all of that under wraps, to emphasize my service to others, as the new website www.calminterventions.com reveals. Yet there is a small, but extremely fervent group of people, who seems to insist rather that I tell my story, share it with the world, if you will.

One of my main considerations was whether I could do such a thing, without dramatically impeding Calm Interventions services, which is extremely important to me; but increasingly I am feeling like I can do both, as is needed. They are in a way related to each other; in some ways even clearing away the minefield of modern day divorce with its egregious and unfair qualities.  In terms of how social policy gets set and changes; sometimes it is the most extreme of cases that finally cries out to the public that policy must be changed.

I have a topper of a tale, with a completely extreme component.

Indiana…Imean…Jon

What a great day out there; it is just so nice to interact with people with normal

sensibilities; my word unbelievable. If it is just going to the dry cleaners, or the local variety store, post office even, it is a blessing somedays just to appreciate the ordinary nature of things. Thank you truly for the ordinary blessings of today, and for the fact that I have worked so hard to become The World’s Best Mediator, and a good person, and a swell Father, to boot! Hallelujah