Replying to LO28679 --
At 10:00 PM 06/17/2002 EDT, you wrote:
> In 30 years of practice as a clinical psychologist, I've never seen
>this. During this time, I've always been wary of someone saying:
>"Apparently it's been documented . . ."
Hello David,
I often use less exact language when I want to ponder something as it
serves to open the boundaries a bit. I can always converge later. And I
often use less exact language when I want to avoid getting into who's more
right and who's less right with respect to a specific topic. With respect
to multiple personalities, it would not have been appropriate to offer
further basis for the things I reported to have been apparently
documented. And I'll readily admit that I certainly am not an expert in
this arena.
None the less, it will not keep me from marveling at the beautiful
complexity and capability of the human mind. And it won't keep me from
pondering over the things that might or might not be -- or over things
that might or might not be possible. Especially the way we cope with the
beauty and the tragedy of life. And especially the way the condition of
mind relates to physical health.
And so I still ponder over how organizations cope with the beauty and
tragedy or organizational life. What are their defense mechanisms, for
example? I ponder over how the mental health of an organization relates
to it's physical manifestations. I wonder how many of our interventions,
or attempts to foster LO's, miss getting to the core of disorders or miss
getting to the root of the seeds that need to be sown for the future. I
ponder over how we try to fix things via programs and harder measurements,
when many of the symptoms we dislike might dissolve over time if we were
to focus on balance and wellness, both on the individual and
organizational levels.
I see and hear many things on this and other lists that don't fit with my
knowledge and experience -- physical and spiritual -- as an engineer,
scientist, physicist, leader, follower, father, husband, even as a
minister. But as Robert Fulghum once wrote; "I could easily be wrong. I
don't know everything yet," So even if I see someone postulate this or
that, and if I really believe this or that to be wrong, I can still ponder
with them... or not.
And so I still ponder. To me, this list could always use a bit more
pondering and a bit less knowing. But that's just me.
Albert Einstein is supposed to have started down the relativity path by
wondering, during a boring lecture, what it would take to make the hands
of the clock move faster. And as we speak, I'm right now wondering what
it would take to move the clock back five minutes and to NOT spill coffee
into the nooks and crannies of my keyboard.
Thanks, and take care,
John
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