Telling Timothy

Paul wrote him: Have nothing to do with stupid, senseless controversy; you know that they breed quarrels.

Much like me-dia today. That's why we need media-tors.

Losing Focus

The American Statesman newspaper headlined "People who lost the most, focus on what wasn't lost."  That, after victims of a fire were shown so much generosity by everyone.

Could be a good motto in mediation.

Queen of Katwe

On the chess board, i.e. This Fox movie featured a true-to-life African queen of the game. A maize vendor, she was first psyched out by a Canadian woman. Eventually she won over an older black woman.

On the mediation table, disputants are on equal footing.

Another Concert Bites the Dust

Organizers better be wary when naming events. First it was Ariana's Dangerous in Manchester. Now it is Ed Sheeran's Divided and he broke his bone in a bike accident.

Similarly, Compromise Agreements have to be carefully worded.

Hollow Win

Speaking of the season, getting away with murder or a lesser crime is a hollow win. Sooner or later, you will have your comeuppance- in this life or somewhere up there, if you ever reach it.

Mediation tries to settle civil cases.

Wise Prudence

Bishop Baron defines prudence as "the feel for the moral situation" that is needed by justice to be acted upon.Wisdom, on the other hand, is "the sense of the big picture" that is needed by prudence to broaden its horizon.

All handy in mediation.

Empoy

Empoy the actor typifies the Pinoy everyman, as he says his face is a gift of God.

Face value however takes the backseat in mediation. Word of honor is better. 

Justice that heals

This is the advocacy of actress Cherry Pie Picache, whose mother's life was mercilessly snuffed out by their helper.

Mediators say amen!

GPS

An SVD missionary talked about his GPS - God Positioning System.

Should work in mediation, too.

Lost in Translation

"Ang Gabing Kasinghaba ng Buhok Ko" is "Those Long-Haired Nights." Pretty...

Mediation has no room for miscommunication, disinfo or that.

Cayatayo Ala

Cayetano's twisted logic in speeches and interviews is really foreign.

Would get a straightout if in mediation.

Fun Guevarra

Not a sibling of Che. Seen on the windshield of a funeral car one Sunday, this sign evoked both a comic and a spiritual reaction.

In mediation, though, not so funny to go on a war path.

Smart Change

For one, it has to be for the better, if not the best. And to review a team-building acronym:

Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Timebound

Could apply to the terms of a Compromise Agreement, too.

The Stab

Such government posturings at destab sound more like their stabbing themselves in the foot or mouth. Everyday, Abella has something to keep him busy- explaining remarks off-the-cuff or
wall, more often.

Who needs to dirty his hands when the opponent is self- destructive? 

Grave Consequences

That is the warning we get with the transfer of the drug war from PNP to PDEA.

But haven't there been too many graves already as a consequence?

The Sanity of Silence

"Silence is one of the hardest things to refute," says Josh Billings. It is the surest way to stop a raging oppositor.

Better yet, the acceptable expression of one's offer to meet the other half-way.

Discussing Argument

Quillen has compared that discussion is to knowledge as argument is to ignorance or we add, partial knowledge.

Like the blind men each touching a part of an elephant are two or more drivers involved in a collision.

Car Fool

The DOTr needs emergency power of their minds activated. Instead of limiting vehicles by delimiting the registration of old ones and the buying of multiple cars, they now divert from adding number-coding days to car pool. Expect more yayas on the road to accompany the lone drivers on EDSA. Tints could get darker. If still this is not fool-proof, why not have a pillow, balloon and cap beside you, as suggested to female drivers at night!

These knee-jerks!

Mediating Medicine ll

In France, ADHD is a matter of good old disciplining of children. No medication, not like in the US where they say pharmaceutical companies rule the roost and roster of pediatricians.

True enough, we tried the French theory on a gifted, hyperactive boy in school and he now just asks where to put his hands. Sit on them? Lol Btw bright kids  exhibit ADHD behavior when failing to direct the quick working of the mind.

Godget

"The first 'cordless' phone was made by God. It was the model called prayer. It never lost a signal. Recharging is done by the Holy Spirit. It can be used anywhere, anytime." (Forget now from where this is lifted.)

Especially in mediation.

Mediating Medicine

In his book "World Without Cancer," Dr. Harold Manner claims cancer is a deficiency of Vitamin B17, much like scurvy's was of Vitamin C.

And the cure therefore is not chemo and other equally threatening modalities but just pits of fruits like apple, pear and peach; beans; nuts; grains and blueberry.

Now that is more palatable, affordable and mild- Manner-ed.

Makes Cents

Caught this entertaining AMC movie with a lesson. Teri Garr starred as the former wife of a doctor. They are both kidnapped, plane crashed, got into drug dealers, imprisoned, bolted out, shipwrecked, and reunited on a street collision in Mexico City. In the end, they remarry.

A lot of mediating circumstances could yet bring back persons in conflict.

Steps to Wellness

According to the Zen Institute, these are:
1. Diagnose
2. Cleanse/detox
3. Intervene
4. Rejuvenate
5. Educate/maintain

Like mediation's handling of relationships between both parties to:
1. Trace the issue
2. Unload hurt acceptably
3. Negotiate
4. Renew relationship
5. Learn to handle future conflict

First Retort

This usually starts the road to mediation, the last resort hopefully. (Lacking a topic for today, Our Daily Bread had a very apt and timely issue.)

Christ' reaction or lack of it to the taunts of the Jews those fateful faithless days is the example present players versus this oddministration have to extol. 

Matching

Some prisoners and pit bulls are being paired in the hope of their mutual benefit. The dog is provided a parttime  companion while his human caretaker becomes more humane.

That's like a win-win in Compromise Agreements.

Red Panter

DU30's allegations are getting to sound like scenes from Pink Panther. Outrageous!

At least it sounded well with the French model. But not here with all the cussing and name-calling. No-nos in mediation.

Look Who's Talking ll

Or calling the kettle black? The lynch mob is at it again in Batasan. Rep. Bag-ao had a good point when she noted that the luxury vehicle of the Chief Justice is likewise all over the Lowest House parking lot.

The "come to court with clean hands" does not apply in mediation. Both parties could have soiled pairs.

Look Who's Talking

A lot of fakes appeared at the Senate hearing on fake news.
PCCO Usec Eg(o)co read a statement that they would do well to implement even on themselves. Asec Mocha Us(e)on was spotted also. Thinking Pinoy, one of the groups blacklisted by the Church, was represented too.

Not really optimistic about this exercise in aid of soothing the frayed nerves of the left-out Seven Senators.

DU-minions

His wealth is something Duterte does not leave to chance spokespersons. You know he is affected when he personally takes charge. Read his lips or SALN.

Too bad he is beyond mediation or medication? No goodwill, just bad wind.

Uncanny Mekeni

After Pinatubo, the Garcia patriarch of Porac wrote to all his children abroad to come home and help their hometown. He reasoned out that they were able to study from the iced candy, eggs and chicken/pork products their kababayans bought.
The children came home, attended to the needs of the community and led the family business to greater heights. (As featured in a CNN PH Boardroom episode)

Like the give-and-take of mediation.

Giving a Life

Churchill had said, "We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give."

Especially in mediation's Compromise Agreement.