A short time ago I heard someone say that they need to be direct in their conversations even if it is difficult one. They added they also need to be sensitive.
I began to muse. We all need to learn to speak our minds (right or wrong) in a respectful way toward the minds of others. We need to sometimes get out of our minds to get into the mind of another particularly when they think differently. It is my way or the highway leads to loneliness on the road of life. Maybe what is even worse than loneliness it may lead to a life surrounded only by people who think the way you think. The above statement made me think:
Speaking your mind without losing your mind may be achieved only when you are willing lose your mind so you can hear respectfully the mind of another person. Mindlessness may be as rewarding as mindfulness. In balance they may create a healthier balance in life. Maybe even peace in our world.
One attribute worth developing is the attribute of security of mind in oneself and sensitivity of heart toward others.
About Me
- Don Paine
- I am a pastor and a clinical psychotherapist. My life's passion is defining healthiness from a human perspective and paralleling it to the holiness of God, divine perspective. Shifting perspectives creates a paradigm that is alongside of rather than over and against. The parakalein of God and the paradoxes of humanity are redefined. Humanity is all about winning and yet we are losing ground everywhere. Divinity is all about letting go of the desire to win and the fear of loss. The Divine embraces the world with loving care regardless of anything.
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