Wonderfully provocative Carol! I am left realizing that I really know little to nothing about the complicated identities of most everyone in my world. In addition, when I think that I DO know something about another person that often limits my ability and my openness to experiencing and learning deeper truths about them. I recognize easily in myself that insistent prompting to "know" who somebody else "is." As if there are a limited set of options or boxes into which I am prepared to deposit another person. What would my life be like if I admitted that really I know little to nothing about most of the other people in my life? What if I approached every relationship and interaction curious to learn with an open mind about who these individuals are and welcoming of being stretched and challenged? What if all of us did that?
Wonderfully provocative Carol! I am left realizing that I really know little to nothing about the complicated identities of most everyone in my world. In addition, when I think that I DO know something about another person that often limits my ability and my openness to experiencing and learning deeper truths about them. I recognize easily in myself that insistent prompting to "know" who somebody else "is." As if there are a limited set of options or boxes into which I am prepared to deposit another person. What would my life be like if I admitted that really I know little to nothing about most of the other people in my life? What if I approached every relationship and interaction curious to learn with an open mind about who these individuals are and welcoming of being stretched and challenged? What if all of us did that?