wrecking havoc

I am really loving my online discussions. It's absolutely great. I get to hide my identity and be the biggest devil's advocate you have ever seen! Although it's not so nice when random people start "yelling" at me in computer form. I get a little annoyed with one person saying something and then the next 10 posts go "I agree totally" "that's a very good point" "you said what I was thinking" etc. etc. follwed by a little extra information. So I decide to mix it up a bit by saying the opposite, usually bringing in some fiction novel that I read or something else just as random. Anyway this is not the first time someone has actually yelled at me. I think that I have been blamed for the nuclear bombs dropped in Japan in WWII. Don't you love outside the box thinkers ((sarcasism INTENDED)direct quote from yeller).

Welcome back to university life Lynn.

research based

If you want personal changes to occur then the changes much happen while in your natural environment. Research has shown that this is true for troubled youth. If you want to help them you must work with everyone in their lives so that the change is possible. It is a community effort. If you pluck someone from their environment and put them in a new setting that person has to recreate themselves b/c their entire world has changed. That recreating will be affected by those around the person especially if they are encouraged to be a certain way. But what happens when that person goes back into their natural environment again afterwards? When it comes to youth usually they will return to their old ways b/c nothing has changed except themselves and when someone is fighting against a force 10X stronger than themselves they are bound to fail no matter what skills they have learned. Is research always right? There are always exceptions to the rule...all we can do is hope I guess. One thing that I always have to remind myself of is that when it comes to personal changes you can't do it by yourself and community is important but it begins with yourself. Don't wait for someone else to take the first step for you. That's up to you and all we can do is pray that your community is behind you.

Missing carefree holland.

back in canada

so here i am back in canada. it's about time i update my blog and maybe even change the title considering i am no longer in holland. being back has been great so far...minus the increase in work of course. it's amazing how humans can adapt. when i was in holland i would never have imagined that i could just jump right back into life in canada. i was actually nervous to leave and didn't even want to leave (is that hard to believe considering i was living in europe having the most maxo relaxo life anyone could have;D). anyway it's too great having freedom to do what i want when i want and i love living with the girls in the house. basically it's good to be back!