Sa 2-2-0 Lang

After a fake conversation between the President and the Cardinal came out, had advised Caritas to initiate this Code number for any official statement.

Mediation could use it, too.

Mediating Misery

In a martial law reflection, Fr. Benjamin Alforque recalled the torture he went through, even at the hands of a fellow-Ateneo alumnus. Fr. Ben lost his faith till one time he was drawn to the Bible. Opening it, there was Christ's message for him: "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13) Later, Fr. Ben was able to give the Holy Eucharist to his torturers unconditionally.

Mediation has witnessed such forgiveness and transformation both sides.

They Too

It's about TIME's Person of the Year called The Silence Breakers. Since last October actually Chicago had already passed an ordinance for hotel panic buttons to be used by employees at risk especially when working alone in rooms.

Human Resources is a mediator between labor & management and client & staff, among others.

Parent Hood

Two words, they refer to a problem parent, like those who themselves pimp their young children for cybersex.

The DSWD intervenes on behalf of the poor victims.

Reinventing the Wheel

NASA did. To navigate the rough terrain of Mars, they devised meshed ones made of what look like pliant chains. (CNN's Take a Look at this)

Mediation is a form of reinvented justice.

Own a Fake

Just about everybody does, whether a material or behavioral matter. In a CNN PH interview, Joross Gamboa who stars in the movie Dead Ma Walking, remarked on a similar subject that you  either owe it to fake or fake to owe it.

Mediation sheds all fakery.

Breaks Up

Or more commonly called break- ups were tackled in a Big Bang Theory episode. Raj observed that " most of mine have lasted."

Mediation, on the other hand seeks the same for relationships.

Waiters

Not the service staff but the heirs. A client now administers her maternal grandparents's estate. Her problems do not come from the two surviving children but the motley group of grandchildren, nieces and nephews, legitimate or not.

The two surviving heirs have reminded the group of descendants that they are still alive.

Impasse

Could also read "I'M passe," when disputants lock horns on issue/s.

Two pictures can be shown to them:

1. Two donkeys ok asses tied to each other want to graze on opposite sides.

2. Together, they graze first on one side, then the other.

In mediation parlance, that is "increasing the pie." It's now "We pasture."

Mediating names

Today's Daily Bread reflection dealt with the meaning behind naming infants. One priest joked about twins being baptized Toyota and Honda, to which he asked if they preferred gas or diesel to be poured.

Another kind of name-calling is avoided in mediation.