Dr. Bob Dick

“Group Therapy Dynamics”- for mental health professionals.

Thu May 3, 2012 6:48 pm (PDT)

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Peggy Payne, my wife, has just finished updating & re-publishing on Kindle,  Revelation, her long ago, first novel.  The NYTimes loved it in it’s original form.  It’s selling well now in it’s Kindle category.  If you, or folks you know, enjoy literary fiction that’s both spiritual & sexy, have a look and let me know your responses.  She’s blogged some about re-issuing it at her website  Peggypayne.com .  I’m proud of her & love basking in her glory.  b

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After a PC hard drive crash I’m very slooowly learning to manage my new Mac laptop. It took me hours, but I’m finally online at home again through my telephone connection. I’m feeling great relief rather than the triumph I expected.

I don’t really understand how not having something I originally didn’t want[a computer], and strongly resisted until a few years ago, and which I’ve not learned to use at all well can have become so important & bring such relief when finally on line again at home.

The older I grow, the more stuff I realize I don’t really understand. So I simplify by doing my best to accept whatever Is. And then do my best to change whatever I Really don’t like, that I can actually control. Which is mighty damn little — just the important things–my own thoughts, feelings, beliefs and behavior. bd

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[slightly edited for focus] Hey ____, I’m glad you got what you need, & very much appreciate your getting back with me to give me closure on your successful project. That kind of responsible behavior is somewhat unusual, both in people in general, and especially in folks in their early 20′s.
My compliments, & I’ll be glad to help in any future venture if it doesn’t require a lot of typing. As you go along in your life, please do Remember and reflect on my earlier suggestion–that

Personal, emotionally important communication is quite frequently, easily, greatly and painfully misunderstood by the receiver if done in printed text. Awareness and practice of this guideline doesn’t come naturally or easily to folks who use Email or texting a lot. It would have saved many in my acquaintance major intimate relationship difficulties and disasters. Should this information/ guideline clearly advantage, or disadvantage relationships you have or know about, I’d sure like to hear about it from you.
Warmly, Dr Bob

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my answer was off the cuff, spontaneous & certainly incomplete. I’ve edited it slightly for clarity.
Compared to mosta’ the in the world, a great majority in the US are fabulously ! rich. How does it feel? Kinda hard to say, given a broader, more inclusive definition of “rich”, which changes the relative importance of having a slightly higher percentage of wealth than a bunch of other hugely wealthy Americans [relative to the rest of the world].

All things’re relative, & $ sure doesn’t cover everything measured in the Happiness research. In fact , there’s an asymptote to how much increased personal income raises happiness, at about $30,000.as I remember. This research is robust, dispite the abstractness of the concept, cz the definition is carfully delimited & scientifically measured & discussed.
See Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman, PhD ; Positivity by Barbara
Fredrickson,PhD;& particularly The How of Happiness by S. Lyubormirsky['08].
Personally, I feel rich in contentment & satisfaction with the last few decades of my life. I’ve made & continue to make many, many errors of judgment & choice, & only a frame of ” Learning to Do Better As I Can Next Time” allows me again and again, to accept and forgive and respect myself sufficiently along this amazing, unpredictable, out-of-my-control, mysterious, miraculous experience we call life. DrBobDick.com

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