WHEN IN DOUBT, ASSUME YOU DON’T KNOW
Friday, January 27, 2023
We aren’t special; we’re dealing with life on earth – everybody is, and everybody does.
Every day I gain a day of experience living with ADHD and living under the steadying influence of ADHD – and ups/downs and unforeseen circumstances are never the same for me or anyone dealing with them, I expect.
Unsettling times and turmoil in our lives, our province, or our country impact everyone – so being someone with any health issue or medication isn’t dealing only with the world as it presents to everyone each day.
They are living with their health issues too, just as you and your families are coping with the whole package.
We aren’t special; we’re dealing with life on earth – everybody is, and everybody does.
Except for those who check out, which is distressing – because some people give up, and sadly I believe many feel the system, their governments and society have given up on them.
Let’s pause a moment to appreciate and realize those people who feel that way are not only who you think they are – the homeless, the addicts, the chronically poor and unemployed, the ugly parts of society; research will prove that many of those who are on the edge walk around our communities just as unnoticed and without a sense there is help, agencies, services, and YOU, someone closer to them than strangers – all of us are who they can reach out to for help, but the courage to ask and the feeling of safety to open up is extraordinarily difficult.
You.
Better than all those strangers, you are best positioned to help someone you know.
The best way we can help each other is to help each other.
Have you helped anyone today?
Has anyone helped you?
Well, get busy then …
We aren’t special; we’re dealing with life on earth – everybody is, and everybody does.
How people look and what they say might be 100% transparent or 100% masking their reality, so you don’t know what you can’t see unless someone reveals it to you. Asking direct questions has a tendency to produce immediate auto-masked responses with a smile.
For instance, you can ask someone, “Hi, how are you today?” or engage them in meaningful conversations.
Which will get you a response that might lead to anyone being helpful to one another?
No need to answer me, because I know you know the answers.
Next time you say, “Hi, how are you today?” remember how effective that isn’t, ever.
Reader feedback:
Don’t think you have Confucius right. Also, can’t find a reference attaching him to this quote but I did find one (among many) from him that resonated: “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”, RH, Calgary, AB
“The anvil heavy weight of family, or history, is no mystery – it’s been hung around our necks so long we forget to lay it down on the ground, the foundation we need to launch whatever comes next.”That's an...interesting way to talk about family. I understand many families are complicated. I certainly don't feel my family is a weight hanging around my neck or that it is something holding me back or down. Not sure if this is a universal feeling that can be applied to "us" or "we." If the past is painful, there are many ways to process and move forward - which may be healthier than feeling encumbered, CJ, Fort Saskatchewan, AB
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