02.24.10

What do Madonna and the PKK Have in Common? by Trina Hess

Posted in Humor~In The News at 7:06 pm by Dr. Trina Hess

Read more at http://yourshiningexample.com/wp-blog

I was listening on the radio news about our new policy on terrorism. The U.S has declared that the PKK, the Kurdish Workers’ Party in Turkey, is a terror organization. People who defend this organization in court will be prosecuted.

What does all this mean? It means that we will have to re-organize our mind-set. Whether or not you think about the PKK on a daily basis doesn’t matter. We have been given our orders on how to treat these people. We know what to call them, and we know how to respond to them.

Madonna did this same thing. She didn’t create a new party (although she may someday with all her devoted followers). But she did tell us how to respond to her. She used to be the Material Girl. The trashy pop singer. But then something new happened. She started singing more classic types of songs. And then she wrote a book. And then she wrote a children’s book. She was photographed reading to a group of children. We had a different experience of Madonna. We had to adjust our mind-set about Madonna.

What the PKK and Madonna show us is that we do the same thing. Every day. If you are online, you are teaching people how to perceive you. You are showing them your attitude. Your fears. Your accomplishments. Your ideas.

Are you perceived as a Madonna–someone who can continually reinvent yourself? Moving cat-like into new areas? Being adept and agile? Unafraid of change?
Or are you threatening, clandestine, and silent about your ideas?
What party do you belong to?

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