Raise your hand if you’ve ever done this. You’re in the middle of telling a friend about an argument you had with someone, and you say “hmmm… now I don’t even remember what we were arguing about… Well anyway...” 🙋🏻‍♀️ Yep, my hand is up too! We can get so attached to the notion that we’re right and the other person is wrong, or so entrenched in proving our point, that we don’t allow ourselves to stay open-minded and listen to someone else’s perspective. This, my friends, i

Somehow, gentleness and kindness and meekness got lost (meekness, btw is not the same as weakness. Merriam Webster: having or showing a quiet and gentle nature : not wanting to fight or argue). Somehow (and HOW is still beyond me), it seems that permission has been implicitly granted to say whatever we want, without regard for how it might affect another, casting aside politeness and all levels of manners. If you happen to hold this understanding, then please read this next p