Your words always cause me to reflect on past milestones and my thought process at those times.Thank you for sharing your deep research and analysis. For me you offer a structure which helps me to dive deeper into my questions and understanding of my life and society as a whole. What jumped into my mind, among so many situations, was a time when I decided to teach debate...a subject I had never learned. Along with learning the rules to competing with a supported aurgument, I needed to teach and learn how to listen. I asked each student to argue for the team that held the opposite of their current beliefs. Wondering and thinking about what makes good and intelligent people feel so strongly in opposing beliefs than my own is a practice that continues to support my desire to remain open minded and compassionate towards others. Thank you for your words, Shotgun. You give, pause, permission, and value to consideration.
Thank you for the kind, encouraging words, Sherri! I always knew you as another person who opened herself to ideas and the truth. I'm glad to hear the connection between your own experience with exploring a new activity and valuing the art of genuine dialogue and listening. It's also heartening to have met someone there who, among so many who proudly exclaimed their open-mindedness and tolerance, possessed those qualities without the need to exclaim them as though they were badges.
Your words always cause me to reflect on past milestones and my thought process at those times.Thank you for sharing your deep research and analysis. For me you offer a structure which helps me to dive deeper into my questions and understanding of my life and society as a whole. What jumped into my mind, among so many situations, was a time when I decided to teach debate...a subject I had never learned. Along with learning the rules to competing with a supported aurgument, I needed to teach and learn how to listen. I asked each student to argue for the team that held the opposite of their current beliefs. Wondering and thinking about what makes good and intelligent people feel so strongly in opposing beliefs than my own is a practice that continues to support my desire to remain open minded and compassionate towards others. Thank you for your words, Shotgun. You give, pause, permission, and value to consideration.
Thank you for the kind, encouraging words, Sherri! I always knew you as another person who opened herself to ideas and the truth. I'm glad to hear the connection between your own experience with exploring a new activity and valuing the art of genuine dialogue and listening. It's also heartening to have met someone there who, among so many who proudly exclaimed their open-mindedness and tolerance, possessed those qualities without the need to exclaim them as though they were badges.