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Words to inspire the belief that we have all we need to be the change we wish to see.

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We see them as we are

Adam Grant’s book Think Again reminded me of Anais Nin’s quote, “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”  And therefore, we can see them differently if we choose.

Some of the tips he offers for putting a new lens on our views include valuing curiosity, looking for information that goes against what you believe, focusing more on improving yourself and less on proving yourself, looking for people who will challenge you with feedback to help you grow, using questions rather than statements when listening to others, talking to kids at dinner about different topics and what they think about them, considering better practices rather than best practices to always raise the bar, and not asking kids what they want to be when they grow up. Continue reading

Forgiveness

I am currently reading Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts and something in the book made me stop and think.

The author writes, “What characterizes the human race more, Karla once asked me, cruelty, or the capacity to feel shame for it?  I thought the question acutely clever then, when I first heard it, but I’m lonelier and wiser now, and I know it isn’t cruelty or shame that characterizes the human race.  It’s forgiveness that makes us what we are.  Without forgiveness, our species would’ve annihilated itself in endless retributions.  Without forgiveness, there would be no history.  Without that hope, there would be no art, for every work of art is in some way an act of forgiveness.  Without that dream, there would be no love, for every act of love is in some way a promise to forgive.  We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive.” Continue reading

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