Judy’s reflections from last week’s dialogue with Neal, created new energy in her for the If We Matter conversation. Maybe it did you too, or maybe it will as you Interact with her thoughts today around COVD-19.The reality that most of us have had no actual experience with the deadly virus we keep hearing about, is what stimulated her thinking the most this week.
Seeing the way our world has come together to cooperate with something so extreme as closing ourselves off from physical contact with others has been mind-boggling to watch.
What makes it all the more fascinating is that the vast majority of us have had no direct experience with the virus. We are choosing to take action on what others see. Most of us have decided to own the perspective of people we don’t even know.
What’s energizing about that for Judy is the vivid example of what happens when people are willing to truly consider a perspective that is foreign to them, a perspective that doesn’t resonate.
That is hugely significant to the desire and hope behind the If We Matter Podcast. What if we let this event bring us together for rebuilding by teaching us that it’s good to listen with openness to the perspective of others. The biggest example in our country today is the division that we have created around our president (we are giving one man way too much power if we say that he created it by himself). It’s the way we have responded to his words and to each other that has caused this division. Maybe in your mind, it’s more about the media and what they have invited us to believe. We are always at choice and there are always other perspectives. We will never find the good of all without valuing the voices of all. Let’s practice it at home so we bring it out of social distancing and into our world with us when the madness ends. When you feel mad… start to wonder about what’s behind the words and their voice. Get curious and open up. Let’s talk about what happens as we explore the If We Matter question with our quarantine buddies whether they live with us or we share life virtually. We don’t have to see to believe! We can listen and understand.
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