Speaking True: Influence
/The power of our influence is always at work, even when we don’t realize it, and whether that influence is positive or negative. In those moments, teaching occurs when the teacher isn’t even teaching.
Read MoreSeeing True™ is a moment of epiphany that is so pronounced that subsequent changes in direction or behavior are dramatically altered for the better. The Greeks called this “metanoia,” which means "change of mind," though it might translate better today as “a profound change of heart.” In the Seeing True framework, we focus on transformation as the desired result, and forgiveness and relationships as the spaces in which we practice.
The power of our influence is always at work, even when we don’t realize it, and whether that influence is positive or negative. In those moments, teaching occurs when the teacher isn’t even teaching.
Read MoreWhen someone else’s situation becomes personal and relevant, we can no longer make them into “other”, and no longer pretend it is not a matter for our concern. When we make contact, it becomes personal. We are then forced to see and to care. Action becomes inevitable. Change then follows.
Read MoreWhat if this moment, this step directly ahead of us, is fulfillment itself? What if in seeing it differently, we could experience that fulfillment?
Read MoreIf it’s not the overwhelming work environments that are increasingly common, it’s the growing clamors of the world and its people, or the rising levels of conflict. Many seek escape, which certainly holds out a kind of promise, though invariably it will fail us. There is actually no escape from the world or even ourselves.
Read MoreLife is always going to come at us in its own way regardless of our plans or desires, and much of what life presents we could never anticipate. How then can we maintain any sense of balance between work and family, or any of the aspects that make up our lives?
Read MoreProgressive Recovery through the Twelve Steps: Emotionally Sober for Life turned out to be a capstone to my life, not just as a recovering alcoholic, but as a guy who has been called to the Spirit for the whole of my life.
Read MoreWatch Ron Chapman host the District 44 Toastmasters TLI Conference in Smyrna, Georgia.
Read MoreSeeing True is a framework and practice for living an engaged life through forgiveness.
Ronald CHAPMAN, CREATOR
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