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The Highway and the Lost Soldier

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The Highway and the Lost Soldier The midday sun around Adelaide River does something violent to the bitumen. At forty-five degrees, the Stuart Highway softens like melting fat; it turns into a black mirror, rippling with an unnatural, liquid glare that pools over every low rise. That is where it waits. He is always trudging south, away from life and deeper into the blistering furnace, his boots making no sound against the tar. From two hundred yards out, he resembles a stranded traveler you’d pull over to save. He wears sun-bleached, disintegrating drill cotton that matches the bone-white dust of the termite country, his head angled down at an impossible, broken angle against the glare. No broad-brim hat. No swag. No water bottle. Just stiff, unnatural limbs jerking with every stride. “Driver... look at his face. We need to stop—why won't he turn around?” He is no lost tourist. Could he be the linesman from the Overland Telegraph days who tore off his clothes and vanished into the ...

Sad Sad Songs

Questions


  • Are your dream realistic?
  • When do you move on?
  • What do you have that you need to let go?
  • How do you give up riding a dead horse?
  • How do you replace a failure with a new dream?
  • Should you disengage because of difficulty?
  • How do you create a brighter future when the present is dark?

Statements


  • Finding it difficult in deciding how to move past an issue.
  • Only remembering emotionally stimulated events and not day by day activity.
  • It is a challenge to keep up and move with change.

Emotional Intelligence

  • recognize your own emotions and how they affect your thoughts and behavior, know your strengths and weaknesses, and have self-confidence.
  • You’re able to control impulsive feelings and behaviors, manage your emotions in healthy ways, take initiative, follow through on commitments, and adapt to changing circumstances.
  • You can understand the emotions, needs, and concerns of other people, pick up on emotional cues, feel comfortable socially, and recognize the power dynamics in a group or organization.
  • You know how to develop and maintain good relationships, communicate clearly, inspire and influence others, work well in a team, and manage conflict. 


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