DEPRAVED and/or DEPRIVED!

DEPRIVED and/or DEPRAVED

---We may remember the famous line from the musical ‘’WEST SIDE STORY’’ – ‘’He Is DEPRAVED because He Is DEPRIVED!’’ I THINK these words are very true and have weighed heavily on our society for a longtime. And there seems NO LET UP IN SIGHT. It seems to only be getting worse. We can reverse it, but it is going to involve meeting the needs that are still are being deprived to this day.

---Through the work of Abraham Maslow and others we can see that there is a basic human need of being loved and supported. We know that every individual does better when he is appreciated and valued. Despite his/her ability. When these needs are in place and met, the individual usually returns this behavior with positive behavior of his own. He returns affection and security with security and affection.

---When people are deprived of their basic needs of being loved, appreciated and valued…they act in some negative anti-social way that resembles depravity. If your basic needs for love and appreciation are met you will tend to treat others warmly and well with a positive spirit. If you are deprived of these basic needs you are probably looking for an outlet for this negative energy.

CLICK THOUGHTOON!

---POSITIVE ENERGY IS SHARED BY THOSE WHO ARE NOT DEPRIVED of These basic human needs of love, support, being valued and appreciated.

---NEGATIVE ENERGY IS SHARED BY THOSE WHO ARE DEPRIVED of these basic human needs of love, support, being valued and appreciated.

THIS APPLIES TO YOU NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY FALL IN THE HIERARCHY.

BEING KIND IS A GOOD WAY TO BEGIN REVERSING IT!

The ZEN VOLUNTEERs - Paul H.

Praise to the Zen Volunteers of Laguna Honda

Praise Laguna Honda for the opportunity

to speak with those astute people in three shifts throughout the day.

Praise the Volunteers for knowing a little bit about everything

to keep me stimulated.

Praise them for being aware of the self,

As it's the material

That concerns me the most.

Thanks for the consoling influence they have on all of us.

Thanks for their over-concern even when it’s unnecessary

and for knowing when to let it go.

I can’t imagine there being any other place—

outside of an academic setting—

where this would exist.

We all seem cut from the same jib

and that’s a very good place to be.

Many assorted peers, all part of the soup

I drink daily, 

That sustains me and keeps me always wanting more.

I count myself as one of the chosen few

Not in an addicted way

But as in one of great fortune.

They help me to find the sunshine

in a seemingly mundane setting.

In the sometimes chaotic gardens that can be here.

Paul Hendrickson

8/21/18