Stories, Misunderstandings and Marginalization
Everyone has a story. It's their story. Those nearest to them may understand their story. Those further away may not be able to understand their story.
When we can't understand someone's story, we so often marginalize them or turn them into something bad.
This doesn't validate wrong actions. This means we misunderstand people. Doing wrong is always wrong. But the more we know somebodies story, the more we understand how they did wrong. But this isn't the kind of understand I'm referring to here...
The worst is when we do not understand ones story and marginalize them simply because we will not allow ourselves to understand their story. They may be doing good things, but we choose to turn them into something bad, simply because their story is different from ours. And because their story isn't the same as ours, that makes us acutely uncomfortable at times.
Understanding is a choice.
Start with someones story, understand it.
When we understand, we don't marginalize.
When we understand, we love.
When we can't understand someone's story, we so often marginalize them or turn them into something bad.
This doesn't validate wrong actions. This means we misunderstand people. Doing wrong is always wrong. But the more we know somebodies story, the more we understand how they did wrong. But this isn't the kind of understand I'm referring to here...
The worst is when we do not understand ones story and marginalize them simply because we will not allow ourselves to understand their story. They may be doing good things, but we choose to turn them into something bad, simply because their story is different from ours. And because their story isn't the same as ours, that makes us acutely uncomfortable at times.
Understanding is a choice.
Start with someones story, understand it.
When we understand, we don't marginalize.
When we understand, we love.
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