Potential for change

This day, March 3, 2009, on the site http://www.mindminding.com/ a story called "Potential for change" is published. Why?

In the newspaper Dagens Nyheter of today, there is an editorial article called "Undvikandefilosofi" (Philosophy of evasiveness) by Hanne Kjöller. It is a commentary based upon a book called Någonting är sjukt (Something is sick) by the medical doctor in Uppsala Per Lytsy.

In the book is reported actual cases of individuals who have been on sick leave for years without being better. The conclusion drawn by Hanne Kjöller is that you can discuss what the solutions are , but we can be pretty sure that sick leave is not among the solutions.

And indeed, I agree very much. The causes for people getting stuck outside work and social life should be discussed.

And as usual for me, I feel that most of the solutions are on mind level.

The solutions are not on the physical, medical level. People might be healthy and still remain drop outs. So sick leave is not the most appropriate classification from that point of view.

The solution is not on the economical level. Economical stimuli or penalties does not work if the real cause is elsewhere.

The solution is not on the administrative level. The poor administrators have only a few alternatives in classifying problems, and these particular problems does not fit to any given alternative.

The solution is not on the political level. The problems are individual and they will survive any political change.

The solution is not in the labour market or in the capitalist system. Private and public work places are for production.

And so on. The usual explanations does not work. They are tried.

The solution is on mind level, but even that does not mean that all problems are solved easily. That is what the story "Potential for change" is about.