I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them. - Benedictus de Spinoza
ABC rules for successful relationships:
Ask, don't assume - Once it is found that the other has missed a point, then:
Be curious, not critical - Once it is found how human mechanism misses such point, then:
Connect, before correct - Let care/compassion inspire recognition of the missing point
- Adapted from Andrea & Jonathan Taylor at TED
If there would be one thing possible for me to change in our vocabulary, it would be to always put pronouns after verbs - as carriers not creators - Quotes Library
'To know the Truth, drop the "I" or the ego' - Kabir Das