Dealing with Family Bears

The holidays are times when families get together. Festive times to be celebrated and cherished. The Fourth of July holiday may not rank as high as the Fall and Winter Holidays but usually launches most people's favorite season, Summer.

The get together of families sometimes brings people together seldom seen or seldom dealt with. The difficult ones, we all have them to varying degrees. Maybe you are one, if that is the case you are probably unaware that you are. Walking on egg shells, watching very carefully what you say, we have all experienced the maneuvers necessary to peacefully navigate being around some people. Whether someone's difficulties are real or a product of conditioning plays a large role in the effort to handling an interaction with this person. In his witty book F**k Feelings Michael Bennett likens these types to bears. One can not use reason and logic with a bear and when in one's presence it is best not to move. Doing so will only draw attention for an attack. Truer words couldn't have been spoken in these regards. Hopefully your holiday is fun and enjoyable and remember to not feed the bears should you encounter any.



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