"We Make Violence Enjoyable In Our Culture."

"By 4:30 Today, You Will Never Hear Another Insult." Returning To A Great Teacher, Who Said Our Very Language Cuts Us Off From Life, And Offered A Solution. Very Simple.

My friend Anna Powell sent me this video clip 10 years ago, and promised me I would love it.

I did indeed love it.

Many of you will know it, and many of you, maybe not.

Our habitual language, which Rosenberg called “jackal” is wounded, accusatory, obsessed with being right, and deaf to the needs of others. The redemptive language is called “giraffe,” a…