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In terms of debriefing and defusing after a traumatic event in you work place, we can assist your company on site.

Destination Addiction

(Selection from Success Intelligence, Timeless Wisdom for a Manic Society by Robert Holden, PhD. ISBN 0340830182)

Destination addiction is an attempt to get on with life faster in the hope that we will enjoy our lives better. And yet, our constant speeding means we frequently run past golden opportunities for grace and betterment. We are so harassed by the insecurity of our forward-seeking ego, that we have no idea what it means to live by the grace of God. We seek, but we do not find. If only we could stop awhile, and let wisdom and grace show us a better way. ‘One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things,’ wrote American novelist, Henry Miller.

I think of grace as being the potential for a better way that is present in every situation. Grace is the ability to let yourself be inspired. It is letting yourself be touched by the highest intelligence and wisdom available. Our job is not to acquire grace, it is to accept it. We simply have to make it welcome. In other words, we have to be receptive. Our Destination Addiction often works against us, however, because we are too busy running to be receptive. Hence, we always feel empty. Here are some more symptoms of Destination Addiction:

· Whatever you are doing you are always thinking about what comes next;

· You cannot afford to stop because you always have to be somewhere else;

· You are always in a hurry even when you do not need to be;

· You always promise that next year you will be less busy;

· Your dream home is always the next home you buy;

· You don’t like your job but it has good prospects for the future;

· You never commit fully to anything in case something better comes along;

· You hope the next big success will finally make you happy;

· You always think you should be further ahead of where you are now; and,

· You have so many forecasts, projections and targets that you never enjoy life.

“To live intelligently is to live with a purpose, to make the means the end, and also to end the means. The end is in every moment.”

Employee Wellness Programme

The advantages of a sound Employee Wellness Programme are:

§ Employees are happier and thus more productive.

§ Limits absenteeism

§ Improves stress management, thus improves employee relationships

§ Sound management in terms of labour legislation.

§ Improved client service.

What I can do for you

(Contribution by Dr F Smalberger)

I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts, or fears.

But I can listen to you and together we will search for answers.

I can't change your past with all its heartache and pain,

Nor the future with its untold stories.

But I can be there now when you need me to care.

I can't keep your feet from stumbling.

I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall.

Your joys, triumphs, success, and happiness are not mine;

Yet I can share in your laughter.

Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge;

I can only support you, encourage you, and help you when you ask.

I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship, from your values, from me.

I can only pray for you, talk to you, and wait for you.

I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you,

But I can give you the room to change, room to grow, room to be yourself.

I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting,

But I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces and put them back in place.

I can't tell you who you are.

I can only love you and be your friend.

" Hartseer kyk terug,

Bekommernis kyk rond,

Geloof kyk op!"

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