Today I was talking to someone and we came across the classic saying of “Treat people how you wanted to be treated” and I told her how I try to do this to everyone. She said well why not try to treat people how they want to be treated. And this really got me thinking. I’ve always tried to treat people by relating to them and by seeing myself in them. Giving them what I would want if I were in their situation… but until today it just never occurred to me to really consider how I differ from them, how everyone differs from one another. And what works for some people simply doesn’t work for others. I began thinking about this throughout the entire day; how instead of assuming that’s where we are, or “knowing” how they fell, to just accept they are different and are experiencing different feelings then we may think. It’s recognizing when someone wants space, even if you’d prefer to be surrounded by people in a similar situation. It’s moving beyond empathy to understanding, and building stronger relationships in the process. We are so similar, and yet so different. Sometimes connection is seeing ourselves in each other. Sometimes it’s stepping outside ourselves, and honoring what we see.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 05:25:49 +0000
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