Empathy

I have finished Chapter 12.  It is a consideration of how we can create relationships which support the transformation of others.  One of the qualities we have to create if we want to help others grow is that of empathy or compassion.  There are stages to the growth of compassion.  We start with actually being turned off by the problems of the other and only grow to genuine ability to connect and support the other.  I came across this comic and it really speaks to those early stages.

[from My Cage]  More on the stages at compassion.

Finishing touches

Work on the book Just Conflict nears completion.  We will be finishing a draft for publication of a single copy to get a feel for what it is like in the hand and to the eye.  I am confident we will have a book for sale by mid-October.

Development of a site for the book

I have been working for many months now on a book which will try to capture and express the core content of Creative Conflict Resolution.  The book is tentative titled Just Conflict: Harnessing the Transformative Power of Conflict to Create Just Relationships.  

There is a blog which is for the readers of the manuscript and one which we be the vehicle for explaining and promoting the book. The readers blog is on Vox and you can find it here.  The site for the the content and promotion of the book is here.

I am hoping to have the book ready for sale in the Fall of 2009.