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Perfect Love Prevents Fear

Jun 22, 2021

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, Development, emotional maturity, feelings, grief, happiness, mindfulness, self-awareness, Spiritual

In one of the later books of the New Testament, the writer and apostle, John, states this: “There is no fear I love. But perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love” (1 John 4.18, New International Version). Other versions of…
The Last Half of Life

Mar 27, 2021

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, Development, Discovery, feelings, grief, happiness, men’s issues, mindfulness, Opportunity, self-awareness, social esteem, Spiritual

I’m in the last half of life. Perhaps, I should put quotes around that statement because I am not speaking concretely and practically but abstractly and metaphorically. I just flew by my 77th birthday a bit ago and now I’m well into my 78th year of life. Who knows how long I will live: a…
Dealing Effectively with Challenges: The Four A’s

Dec 21, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in Development, emotional maturity, feelings, grief, happiness, mindfulness, self-awareness

We can effectively meet the challenges of the day, of the year, or of one’s life. Likewise, there are four ineffective ways of facing the challenges of life, which are Avoidance Anxiety Anger Accommodation I will briefly describe each of these ways that people frequently deal with the challenges they face in their…
The H’end of the Road

Sep 3, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in Development, emotional maturity, feelings, happiness, Opportunity, self-awareness, Spiritual

This is actually an interlude from my previous and forthcoming blogs on “the end of” series. There is a similarity to the “end of” to this blog, but it is a different twist.I’m going to have a little fun before I get to the meat of this blog, the essence of which I think is…
The “End of Things” I: Theory

Sep 2, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in Children, Development, Development, emotional maturity, feelings, grief, happiness, social esteem

This is the first in what I hope will be a series of blogs on what I am calling “the end of” certain things. In all of these blogs we will examine the various things, sometimes behavior, sometimes feelings, sometimes experiences, that plague humanity psychologically including: Anger Anxiety Depression Addictions (behavioral and chemical) Confusion Physical…
Good for Me; Bad for Me V: Discerning Good for Me

Jul 21, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, emotional maturity, feelings, happiness, mindfulness, relationships, self-awareness

This is the fifth of a series of blogs on things that are, simply put, “good for me” or “bad for me.” We have previously made a case for the value of using the terms “good for me” and “bad for me” but with discernment as to how much something is either good or bad…
Good for Me; Bad for Me III

Jun 15, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, emotional maturity, feelings, happiness, mindfulness, morality, self-awareness, Spiritual

This is the third in a series of “Good for Me; Bad for me”, which is a study of how things, people, and situations can, quite simply, good for you or bad for you. In previous blogs I have proposed a system of discernment about things that are good or bad for you, in other…
Good for Me; Bad for Me: Part 1 (corrected)

Jun 1, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in Discovery, emotional maturity, feelings, grief, happiness, mindfulness, positive psychology, self-awareness

This is the first of three blogs regarding the phenomenon of “good for me” and “bad for me” that I have used for many years as I have attempted to help people know when something is, quite simply good for them or bad for them. In this blog I will propose the basic concept of…
The Joy/Sadness Dyad of Love

May 7, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, emotional maturity, feelings, grief, happiness, mindfulness, Spiritual

Do you ever feel “emotional”? Yes, just “emotional” without any real kind of definition to what this means. The symptoms of being emotional are often a tearing up in some way. You might feel something physically in another part of your body, probably depending on your personality type and temperament. You might have an immediate…
Sharing Grief

Oct 4, 2019

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Ron Johnson

in Connection, feelings, grief, happiness, mindfulness, relationships, Spiritual

You might know that my daughter, Krissie, died just a few weeks ago. Understandably, this event has had a rather profound effect on me, as well as others who knew Krissie, both family and friends. The effect on me, and of course on others, has been one of grief. These past six weeks has been…