Sharing Circle

I just read in The Nation that one of the leaders of the conservative charge against meaningful health care reform in this country is a guy named Rick Scott. I’d never heard of him until this morning, but at the moment I’m thinking that he may be just as reprehensible as, say, Rush Limbaugh.

Christopher Hayes wrote this piece, and he mentions that Scott is the “leader” of a group called “Conservatives for Patient’s Rights.” {The Republicans never fail to provide an amusing mis-naming of their organizations or bills, e.g. The “No Child Left Behind” act (should be called “Most Children Left Behind” act) or the “Clean Air Act,” which a well known left-wing writer once quipped “Should have been called the ‘No Tree Left Behind’ act.”} (more…)

For a lot of people, it can be incredibly  difficult to “share from the heart.” Fear often gets in the way. Concerns about being judged harshly, thoughts like “Perhaps what is in my heart is “really” bad,“  and all sorts of other fears can keep us from being able to feel comfortable talking about what is in our deepest hearts and minds.

The truth of the matter is that part of what creates tension in relationships, and in our lives, are often the things that are in our lives which we don’t share, for whatever reason. (more…)