I was just thinking the other day that what I want to do is recognize and accept completely the uniqueness of every person. By not accepting someone’s uniqueness, I imply that they should be like me or someone else, thereby discounting my own uniqueness as well because if they’re like me, then I’m like them. I believe that I can love everyone, and not necessarily want all of them near me. My goal is to accept them where they are and act responsibly following my own intuition and guidance

Just this morning I found myself frustrated by yet another conversation gone horribly wrong when I asked a certain someone if he would reconsider looking at a possible solution to his problem (situation). It’s and old conversation. I know I’m opening up that can of worms again and hoping it hasn’t changed to snakes.

What I find myself feeling after reading this posting is that I do forget that this person feels perfectly right, natural and justified. It doesn’t matter what I would do in his situation. I’m not him. I view him as a “problem person” and thus I dehumanize his experience. Thanks for the reminder that not everyone sees the world the way I do…really? Yes.