Finding Waldo

Our Daily Bread mentions this book which has children searching for him hidden in each page.

In mediation, disputants reach a compromise through goodwill extended to each other.

A Reason to Sing

Not for whistleblowers, but real thing. Our Daily Bread reminds us to sing for physiological and psychological reasons plus especially in faith in God.

And in mediation.

Mediating Street Dogs

A documentary featured the survivor instinct of three puppies who were left to fend for themselves in the streets of Thailand.  When they lie on their back and expose their organs, they declare themselves as no threat to others.

Mediators are keen on similar signals from disputants.

Picking Battle

Mark Wahlberg grew up in a huge Catholic family in Rochester, Massachusetts. A brother recalls with their mother that they did not pay attention to gunshots at a nearby facility. There was enough noise between their parents, cat and dog, and among siblings. The positive result- Wahlburgers business!

Ecotherapy

Truly Mother Nature heals! That is the belief of Karla Delgado's Kai Farms in Silang, Cavite.

For human disputes, there is
mediation.

Truths Learned at Ateneo

In his Inquirer's Newsstand column, John Nery lists what he learned from the Ateneo:

1. We have the power of self- definition.
2. Our freedom must not be taken for granted.
3. The invader/oppressor described in our National Anthem can (be) a fellow Filipino.
4. We have the power to liberate ourselves.

Mediation is one way to do so.

Wink for Help

That's what Camilla Parker- Boyles seemed to have addressed to her security detail while having afternoon tea with the Trumps.

For the rest of people in conflict, there is mediation.

Someone to Trust

Our Daily Bread reflects on people who have been betrayed and lost all trust in humanity. There is, of course God Who does not let us down.

In a way, mediators are His instruments before disputants.

Faith and Sight

Fr. Jerry Orbos compares them thus: "Faith is more powerful than sight because our sight can describe our situation, but faith can move and direct us to our destination."

It's like focusing more on what can be done rather than what has transfired before mediation.

Prevention

Saint Peter listed the qualities that could get us away from needing mediation- "add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love."

Explains the need for mediation.