For more than a decade I’ve been thinking about challenging conversations.
How do you usually respond? (I’ve done both.)
How badly do you want to know the end of the story?
Have you ever been in the midst of reading a book and just had to look at the last few pages to see how it ends?
Have you ever been at the bookstore and flipped ahead in the books you are considering, to decide which ending you would prefer to read?
Or do you consistently read the story as it is written:
How about with your own story?
Have you ever:
Have you ever spoken these words, “Why doesn’t “someone” do something?”
When the change you want to see isn’t happening “out there”…
I was facilitating a workshop for students. The goal was to help everyone identify the bubbles they live in, and to encourage them to strategically pop those bubbles.
I asked questions that encouraged laughter:
Then questions that would help them think about their courage:
When was the last time you were in a conversation, and heard someone use the word “ALL” to describe the beliefs or behavior of an entire group of humans?
How many articles have filled your screens in the last week that emphasized all the reasons you should mistrust, disregard, or fear an entire group of people?
I’m deeply troubled about the volume of educated, intelligent, caring people that are having these conversations and sharing these articles and this is why…
