I've always respected people who ask open ended questions rooted in genuine curiosity far more often than they make statements, or espouse opinion. But there are a lot of sublimated forces that drive us to make pronouncements, and I am subject to these forces even though I work hard to combat them in myself.
One of the benefits I've gained from the increased access to diversity and complexity that social media can afford is being regularly confronted with ideas and ways of seeing that I do not understand; and having views that I assumed to be almost universal contradicted by others.
In other words, I am being pushed into the way of being that I mentioned above preferring, that is, the respectful questioner rather than the knowing pronouncer.
It's interesting how being drawn to a place, or way, leads one into challenging experiences that are required to making that way natural and personal rather than merely imitative.
One of the benefits I've gained from the increased access to diversity and complexity that social media can afford is being regularly confronted with ideas and ways of seeing that I do not understand; and having views that I assumed to be almost universal contradicted by others.
In other words, I am being pushed into the way of being that I mentioned above preferring, that is, the respectful questioner rather than the knowing pronouncer.
It's interesting how being drawn to a place, or way, leads one into challenging experiences that are required to making that way natural and personal rather than merely imitative.
