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On the Nature of Daylight March 4, 2017

“People are afraid of what they don’t understand.”

Is there a right and a wrong way to understand someone? I often ponder this question. The foundation rests in the capacity to care for the influencer. We have many people in our lives but who has made an impact on your life? Who has influenced you to try something new? Helped you through a hard time? Gave great advice or was just there to listen? These people are influencers in your life; small or large.

Then there are those who have next to no influence in your life. These people are meaningless in the capacity of influence. Of course we still care for them however they are not a character in your movie.

Back to the question at hand:

Is there a right and a wrong way to understand someone?

We seek to understand the ones who influence our lives but everyone else receives the opposite end of the spectrum. And because of this reason we become afraid. If a concerted effort was exercised to understand the non-influencers in our lives our awareness would broaden. Thus the spectrum widens its rays of light. What we think to be true of someone could in fact prove to be the opposite. Everyone wants to be understood, most seek peace and belonging. So is there a right way and a wrong way to understand someone? This answer is yours my friend.

J.R.

On the Nature of Daylight