Maybe this
blogging is working. I am now bored with examining the same small set of
behaviors, and did not feel like engaging them yesterday. Three pink ribbons of
cloud cross the sky outside my window, echoes of what may well have been an
amazing sunset. Working for myself, I haven’t yet figured out how to start
early enough to end before sunset. I’ve been thinking about honesty today, and
how it’s limited by the filters on our perception. If your glasses are filthy,
you will see dirt.
I have
spent a fair amount of time lately with someone convinced every authority
figure this person has ever come into contact with is insane, abusive or both.
Granted, quite a few people with power are both. I don’t like authority figures
much either (to be honest), but when I have difficulties with someone, I have
been taught to question myself, including my perception, which is not to say
discount it. I just have all these people in my life who keep asking me what my
part is in frustrating relationships. What especially takes my breath away is
when one of my sons says the equivalent. How did they get so wise? It's such a
simple phrase to write--"question my perception but don't discount
it." Isn’t it astonishing that some of the most difficult tasks to
accomplish can be stated so simply, like "Love your enemies.”
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