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Originally Posted by Nneka  "You are right. That has been your experience." I genuinely meant it.
I didn't adopt their opinion. On the contrary, it strengthened my own belief because I was able to deal with one of my internal barriers to accepting that belief at a deeper level.
Does that make sense? |
Yes.
Saying "your're right" and truly believing that from THIER experience, they're right and they might even be right in not believing you for THEM, that doesn't = you could be right for me too right now given MY experiences.
Perhaps I"m clouding an "open mind" that is willing to listen to anything with an mind willing to actually change. Actually changing your mind is very rare (and often denigrated by others a "flip-flopping".) Not changing your mind about other people (which is also hard ie. getting rid of racism, prejudices, etc.) by changing your mind about YOU (and even what "YOU" are.)
Stephen
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