Wednesday, August 4, 2021

more on discomfort II

My friend whom I mentioned in the last post contacted me the next day to ask for my help with an issue she was having.Her approach with things is always about results. Yet, this time, it was difficult to explain to her that she has some black and white beliefs that are practically impenetrable. I thin that the only way to have her believe something she does not know is to impress her with knowledge from people she respects.Only then does she not challenge you. It is so interesting to see the differences sometimes between creative thinking and theoretical thinking. I too love to solve puzzles and to amass facts. However, I have also seen many a time the way such ridged thinking does not always pay off. Again, I am finding 2021 fascinating for literally shaking off some old beliefs once and for all. An example I will use is one based on race conscious language that still holds today. So many people just parrot certain beliefs.If you challenge the perception, it is so thin in reality. You can just show by example the way that violence and fear is not about the color of any skin. Poverty is known by every race.Peel back the layers and you find those core issues.When you make that clear, a different conversation can begin.

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