Authenticity: How to BE, pt. 2

I think it’s important for us all to admit that we ALL have our own “gospel” we wish to “proselytize”. Why am I using those words? Because they are well known, stigmatized, and stereotyped. Let’s consider other words. We all, all humankind, have our own message that we wish to spread. An ideal wish for all to believe or agree with. It’s simply part of being human. 

Consider what it is for you that you would like for others to consider? What is the topic, creed, or political view? How do we help others to care about our message, or at least be willing to hear us?  

My friends, we all need to both open our ears/hearts and stop being forceful. We all need to create safe spaces for each other. We are all responsible for our own actions and the spreading of the information we care about. Let’s not marginalize each other. When we do both of those things, there will be room to share and room to disagree safely.

I would love to see a world where we can all agree to disagree and not spread dysfunction and/or hate. True hate is not in disagreement with each other. True hate comes from actual abusive behavior toward each other. When we try to manipulate or control each other, we are acting in a dysfunctional manner. None of us need to accept dysfunctional behavior from one another. At the same time, it is dysfunctional to not allow others to disagree with us. 

Let’s all learn to truly love in functional and self responsible ways. Next week we will pick back up where we left off with self discovery.

I love you, my friends. Let’s continue this conversation in the comments below. Tell me how you can be more functional in your communication and/or how others can be more functional with you. How can we safely agree to disagree about the important things that matter to us?