Love Hurts, Baby

Thought of the day: You cannot have a genuine relationship without conflict.

People (including myself) often shy away from conflict. We see it as a horrible thing that should never happen. If you ask me, however, a healthy amount of conflict is a necessity to have a genuine and authentic relationship. As for the "healthy amount" part, that's up to you.

Even therapy needs to have conflict. A good therapist will establish rapport with the client, and then challenge the client to face uncomfortable and painful truths. Of course all of this is rounded off with followup and a lot of kleenex.

Second thought of the day (I don't have many, obviously): Unconditional love. The beauty of my job is that I get to meet people wherever they are in life. I get to work with people who don't give a rat's ass about changing, and figure out how to best be their counsellor.