Excellent post! This topic of reconciliation amongst those with opposing views is much needed. Truth withstands the test of time. The “I told you so” doesn’t even need to be said out loud with the passage of time.
Timely, and far too rare a perspective - inviting friends and family to consider ways to leaning in closer to each other in renewed relationships - or reassessing if the relationship is worth preserving.
I agree with you that healing the division of utmost importance. I feel uncertain how to proceed with many who I do value preserving a relationship with when they do not want to confront hard topics. I have been considering "opening the door" to communication again with some family - just by email and with an open offer to communicate about differences, with no pressure. I do believe in the general goodness of humanity.
One thing I realized that if I want to really have a good conversation where we are both willing to look at information that the other offers is that I need to have boundaries about how much time I put into the conversation and reading/watching etc. My thought is that we should start with the understanding that this would be an ongoing conversation that takes a long time...
Excellent post! This topic of reconciliation amongst those with opposing views is much needed. Truth withstands the test of time. The “I told you so” doesn’t even need to be said out loud with the passage of time.
Timely, and far too rare a perspective - inviting friends and family to consider ways to leaning in closer to each other in renewed relationships - or reassessing if the relationship is worth preserving.
I agree with you that healing the division of utmost importance. I feel uncertain how to proceed with many who I do value preserving a relationship with when they do not want to confront hard topics. I have been considering "opening the door" to communication again with some family - just by email and with an open offer to communicate about differences, with no pressure. I do believe in the general goodness of humanity.
One thing I realized that if I want to really have a good conversation where we are both willing to look at information that the other offers is that I need to have boundaries about how much time I put into the conversation and reading/watching etc. My thought is that we should start with the understanding that this would be an ongoing conversation that takes a long time...