"True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people." Kiana Tom
Well, wouldn't it be nice to see more of that! Watching the news, reading different social media, conversations with others... ONCE AGAIN everybody is judging, and no one is listening. It is easy to get caught up in the finger-pointing, and apparently way easier than examining ourselves, and a world away from even considering that who we are pointing at might just have a valid experience that should be listened to.
We are quick to belittle someone else's experience; and how ridiculous that is when we cannot possibly know what it is like in their shoes. It is one thing if it is someone we can relate to, but if they are not then they are discounted and dismissed immediately. The mentality of "If it isn't happening to me that way, then it's not happening to you," is not only absurd, but dangerous. Then we sit back in bewilderment when someone gets so sick and tired of being marginalized and unheard that they lose it. Is it REALLY any wonder? Is it really so hard or scary to ATTEMPT to understand another's experiences? It is FOOLISH to think that other people do not have lives we cannot imagine!
We are so scared of losing what we know about ourselves or our foothold that we go into full defense when it is challenged, when it's the very time we should be LISTENING. It is sad, because what is greater than losing our former selves to humanity? But that point is missed when we're attacking one another, when we are consumed with proving how right we are and how wrong they are.
It is all FEAR. Be bold; be fearless today. Take a step outside of your own box... have a listen.
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