Greetings Dear Reader,
We put our fellow travelers in boxes, or perhaps
bubbles. It would be difficult to travel
in a box. Still we compartmentalize our
relationships into areas that are comfortable for us.
In some ways doing this is necessary. One does not have the same relationship with everyone. Some compartments are necessary and
good. Some are more important than
others. The trouble is that we also form
compartments with fellow travelers that are unhealthy.
I had a co-worker once tell me that it is allowable to lie
to another group of co-workers because they do not really understand the
technology. Since lying is inherently
wrong to treat any fellow traveler this way is to create barriers and
risk. The other thing that it does is
that it withholds love and kindness to someone for the purpose of gain.
All of my fellow travelers are entitled to love and
respect. When I compartmentalize them
into groups that do not get this I am harming everyone involved. This extends to how I view those who disagree
with me socially, politically, and in faith.
There are natural and chosen differences but none of them require me to compartmentalize
my fellow travelers in a way that harms them.
The journey is difficult and we need each other. If I relegate someone to a bubble of
rejection then I lose out on the uniqueness of his or her gifts. I miss out on the things they bring to the
journey that I need.
We need each other more that we admit. I cannot travel alone. Since I do not always know what I need, it is
vital that I not ignore the potential of others. It might be that their gifts fit my need in
the moment. Better still, it might be
that my kindness can reach through the bubbles they create and help burst
them. That is always a beautiful thing.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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Of course. Aramis, your tech friend is right. It is much easier to lie than to expend the energy and thought necessary to understand the "other" and translate whatever technobable you hold dear into terms and concepts he or she might understand. You might consider that love and respect for another in action. Of, course as it often is it is also self serving, because when the person you disrespected with a lie, tells your lie to his or her boss, who ends up looking lie a knucklehead? Respect your fellow travelers. They are the gifts we are given to make the journey a joy.
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