by Gary S. Aumiller, Ph.D.\u00a0 ABPP<\/span><\/p>\n It was right outside my window, in the front of my driveway.\u00a0 A cop pulled over two teenaged boys on their bikes after the boys had yelled some obscenities at them and made a not-so nice gesture with parts of their hands.\u00a0 A woman walking her dog stopped and asked if everything was all right and the officer said these boys had yelled some obscenities at him when he pulled them over to warn them about riding their bikes in the road.\u00a0 He asked what she thought of that.<\/span><\/p>\n The woman laid into the boys \u201chow dare you make obscene gestures at people who risk their lives to keep our neighborhood safe.\u00a0 You are an embarrassment to yourselves and your poor families that have to live with you.\u201d\u00a0 Another neighbor came by who was working in the yard and let into them in a similar fashion.\u00a0 \u201cYou don\u2019t have any idea what these officers do for you every day.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Finally, a third lady overheard the conversation and she crossed the street to join in and after identifying the boys she said she was going to tell the boys\u2019 parents.\u00a0 I had to check if I was still in New York where the neighbors barely talk to each other and never support their police.\u00a0 I was.\u00a0 And this is happening all over the country from what I am hearing from blog readers.<\/span><\/p>\n Not since the aftermath of 9-11 have people been as supportive of the men and women in blue. \u00a0This officer knew what he was going to get when he asked the first woman.\u00a0 He was more confident than he has been for years.\u00a0 Two years ago they were screaming \u201cpigs in a blanket; fry \u2018em like bacon\u201d Now you see positives at ballgames, in the news and the cops are feeling it on the streets: \u00a0there is a new attitude about police officers.\u00a0 AND IT IS ABOUT TIME.<\/span><\/p>\n This is a cycle of nature and it seems the cycles run faster and faster.\u00a0\u00a0 Love the cops, hate the cops.\u00a0 Vote Republican-Democrat.\u00a0 Eat more grains-eat more meat.\u00a0 Market up-market down.\u00a0 The cycles of the world are daunting sometimes and as you get older, it is difficult to recognize what cycle you are in.\u00a0 And it happens in everything from music to clothes to politics.\u00a0 The pendulum swings both ways.<\/span><\/p>\n What is the psychology of switching directions of a cycle.\u00a0 Well the personal psychology is easier to understand.\u00a0 Some people handle change well-some don\u2019t.\u00a0 With change there is opportunity but also a lot of stress.\u00a0 Even good changes bring stress.\u00a0 We just had carpets changed in our offices, a long-needed improvement.\u00a0 It was interesting to see how people handle it.\u00a0 For most \u2013 it was no problem.\u00a0 Some patients brought it up ten times during a session.\u00a0 Other said isn\u2019t it great you get to clean your office when it was over.\u00a0 People handle change differently.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0The world is going through some major changes now.\u00a0 Everyone is adjusting for position.\u00a0 Everyone seems to be angry either at the president or at the people protesting the president.\u00a0 Then some seem to not care about the situation, or have been made to not care.\u00a0 No one seems to be paying attention to the news anymore as they can\u2019t trust the reporting on either side.\u00a0 But strangely enough, few that I communicate with seem to be focused on the opportunities that are out there from the changes that are being made.\u00a0 In those opportunities are your real futures and where you can progress toward whatever goals you have set for yourself or your department.\u00a0 Ride the wave, adjust the sails and find an opportunity that the disruption of change will create for you to make life closer to reaching your goals.<\/span><\/p>\n The cop in front of my house would never have said what he did to a female passerby two or three years ago.\u00a0 I don\u2019t even know if he could trust the response now, but he did and used it as an opportunity to make kids understand that cops are not to be treated the way they were treating him.\u00a0 Now is time when cops need to come out with a lot of positive articles and promotion about them because it will change back before too long.\u00a0 These opportunities don\u2019t come along every day, just once or twice a lifetime.\u00a0 That\u2019s nature, the way of the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Site Administrator:\u00a0 Gary S. 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