Where is this place? I want to buy it and live there until...Outlook...joyful...spring has a tendency to do this to me.
On My Mind...and natural vs. industrial medicine and behavioral psychology as it relates to free-agency.
Delish Kitch...Sweet Monday~Fresh Berry Crisp for Family Home Evening
Homemaking...visiting in-laws~no homemaking tasks this week.
Praying for...the hearts of leaders of nations to be softened toward choosing right over choosing greed.
Appearance...grey tweed suit, plain white blouse, robin's egg blue cardigan under suit blazer, black tights, provo mary janes...
Movement...I'm amazed how good I feel, when I do my exercising. True, I don't have time or energy for some other things I would like to do. However, self-fulfullment I gain from the endorphin produced positive attitude, feelings of personal control, and commitment to my health make the trade off well worth the "sacrifice". Early morning~ The Firm-Noonish~walk a couple miles-Bedtime~stretch
Bibliophile Fix…Last week I reviewed Dr. Mom's Healthy Living. Then I went to do the study guide for the book and realized I had an older version (1997) that is about 400 pages shorter than the version published in 2009. I had to wait for 5 days until the new one came in the mail. So this week I'll be spending a fair amount of time reading and studying this. I'm also re-reading A Basic History of the US by Clarence Carson V4-6 over the next couple weeks so that I can take the US Hist 2 CLEP. Other interesting books I'm working through are Clinical Anatomy Made Ridiculously Simple and Netter's Anatomy Coloring Book. I've learned a fair amount of anatomy by reading The Human Body Fearfully and Wonderfully Made at least 2X, but now I really need to know everything at a level that I can take a CLEP or DANTES.
Blessings...loving family...new healing knowledge...fixed a badly burned finger last night the knowledge the Lord is leading me to discover.Scripture Meditations..."The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction." Proverbs 1:7
Something New...I want to delve a little into cognitive behavioral psychology as a possible companion to my natural healing studies. I see using the poor attitudes toward problem solving that people gain through their lives as a deterrent to successful healing.
My week is looking...full of driving to and from the office...When we visit the in-laws, which I really love, the drive is at least twice the distance~about 60 min. Thank heaven for audio books.
God has been teaching me..."I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens." Psalm 89:1-2
Devotions...Gospel Doctrine lesson 10, read a couple articles from the March Ensign and one from the Conference Report. Old Testament will be Abigail this week.
Simple Pleasure...fresh air and sunshine
Commitment to Loveliness...1) draw more nature drawings in my journal 2) work on colored pencil technique with Creating Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil 3) refuse to allow contention into my mind or actions 4) add photos to my journal 5) think more~speak less
Poetry I'm Enjoying...
Sonnet #116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
William Shakespeare
Photo...I love teaching others how to make delicious, inexpensive, healthy foods. This is some 100% whole wheat pasta I made with Spencer's friends in December. No, the pieces were far from perfect, but the young people had as much fun as pre-schoolers with play dough.
I have been really disillusioned with Behavior Psychology. B.F. Skinner was not a good man, and he is the father of it. The basis of it is that we have no choice (no agency), we are who we are due to what has happened to us. I had a professor who was a reformed behaviorist, and I think he has some articles out there about it (I could be wrong). His name was Poduska. I did not get my opinion from him, but rather from my own studies. If you start at the source with Skinner, you may be quite surprised at what this popular, far reaching theory began.
ReplyDeleteMmmmm...that seems to be the way with things. I mean I really like the ideas of taking charge of yourself, not making excuses, and making changes based on choice. What else could this be called? I'm soooo tired of all the victims and excusing of bad behavior. Who advocates standing up and taking responsibility? I know God does, but is there anyone in psychology or science who teaches and believes this?
ReplyDeleteI have not found these ideas fully developed outside of church doctrine. I think that is one reason the gospel changes so many lives, because this is what it teaches. We find truth in other places, but not the fullness. There is some good theory in what I believe is called systems theory (it is a family studies theory), but it has been awhile since I have looked at it. I can try to find some good articles to get you started on it, if you would like.
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