Once in a while I will be talking to someone and suddenly I wonder why they are responding the way they are.
Sometimes it is an emotional exchange where I don’t understand what sparked the emotions. Other times it is simply an odd comment that seems to come out of nowhere.
What would happen if it were possible to view the catalyst for this response?
I recently saw a photo of a baby swan whose mother stood behind him in a sort of dreamy looking, blurred way, as if she wasn’t quite real.
Would I be more understanding if I knew the experiences behind the words, or actions; or would it not make any difference to me at all?
I suppose that knowing what lay behind it all, I might be even less tolerant.
Understanding is so much more than knowing. There are layers and layers to delve through, each one with tendrils that connect it to even more factors. Some in my own consciousness and others in the person I am speaking with.
Imagine a white board appearing up above the head of the person with all these links written out in blue marker. Kind of like a moment in Sheldon’s head on The Big Bang Theory!
Maybe I don’t want that after all!
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