Be curious, not judgmental. Walt Whitman
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It seems to me the majority of the human race can't follow today's advice from Whitman.* Oh that we could...or rather that we would. What would be different if we simply debated from a place of curiosity rather than judgment and trying to "one up" the other person? What would be different if we didn't pass judgment on differing opinions but simply satisfied our curiosity about them? What would be different if we interacted with people different than us, and I'm not just talking about cultural differences and socioeconomic differences, from a place of curiosity not judgment? What would be different if we didn't allow our satisfied curiosity to lead to judgment but we just let it be? What would be different if we didn't have a driving need to prove our opinion right and the "other side" wrong? What would be different if we respected the other person's viewpoint and chose not to pass judgment? What would be different if we allowed curiosity to change our minds? (At least to a point in which we weren't so judgmental.) What would be different if we didn't pass judgment in pompous, condescending, disrespectful, vulgar ways? What would be different if we allowed enough curiosity in to our opinion to keep us humble in our views? What would be different if we held to high standards in matters of differing opinions and beliefs so that others around us would as well?
{sigh}
*I'm one of the guiltiest.
{sigh}
It seems to me the majority of the human race can't follow today's advice from Whitman.* Oh that we could...or rather that we would. What would be different if we simply debated from a place of curiosity rather than judgment and trying to "one up" the other person? What would be different if we didn't pass judgment on differing opinions but simply satisfied our curiosity about them? What would be different if we interacted with people different than us, and I'm not just talking about cultural differences and socioeconomic differences, from a place of curiosity not judgment? What would be different if we didn't allow our satisfied curiosity to lead to judgment but we just let it be? What would be different if we didn't have a driving need to prove our opinion right and the "other side" wrong? What would be different if we respected the other person's viewpoint and chose not to pass judgment? What would be different if we allowed curiosity to change our minds? (At least to a point in which we weren't so judgmental.) What would be different if we didn't pass judgment in pompous, condescending, disrespectful, vulgar ways? What would be different if we allowed enough curiosity in to our opinion to keep us humble in our views? What would be different if we held to high standards in matters of differing opinions and beliefs so that others around us would as well?
{sigh}
*I'm one of the guiltiest.
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