Day 84 of 100: Can you accept other people’s Reality, even if you don’t Agree with it?
"Feelings need to be Accepted… but Acceptance does not necessarily mean Approval."
- Doc Downing, Ph.D, LMFT
Each one of us has our own reality, ones we have created out of our beliefs, values, expectations and conclusions about ourselves and others. You can choose to judge these differences between realities as "interesting" rather than "wrong".
My feelings are real for me and only as I feel safe in your acceptance of my feelings, will I become willing to look at my beliefs and possibly be open to changing them.
"Convince a man against his will and he is of the same opinion still."
Everyone has his or her own reality. This must be respected. Trying to change someone else’s reality by using logical arguments seldom wins anything.
The more powerless you feel, the more you will feel the need to WIN, and the less open you become to other people’s realities.
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