What is understanding?
Is it just to be sympathetically aware of other people’s feelings; to be tolerant and forgiving? An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion or simply the capacity for rational thought, inference, or discrimination? If understanding can be all of these and much more, where does one draw the line between being understanding and being taken for granted? Is it true that when I say I understand, I am illuminating me and my biases?
I am a little lost on how my attempts at being aware of others and their feelings do not always translate into understanding and cutting them some slack. Why don’t I stay understanding when what requires my thoughts and tolerance hurts me or have a direct or related painful impact on me. If I refuse to what my world and environment expect of me with regards to understanding, am I irrational? Is understanding the same as being perceptive? How does my socialization aide who, how, and what I understand? Is understanding situational? How do I ensure that in the face of confrontation, I am able to maintain a certain level of awareness both before, during, and after the confrontation?
My Submissions
· We are influenced as a result of both our environment, our socialization and then what we choose to believe;
· Sympathetic awareness drives how understanding we are – and our response at every turn in life is how much we can extricate the external influences around us and build our stimuli on reason;
· Reason can be instant and an impulse, it can also be deliberate, and we can pattern our reasoning;
· Self-mastery and awareness is critical to how much empathy I can muster;
· I resolve to constantly refuse the urge to be impulsive and quick to react and judge. I will be more reflective on how my empathy and feelings are planted;
Nugget:
Understanding is the seed we sow in the ‘eyes’ of others without even knowing it; the fruit we will produce is indicative of what was perceived; the more reason why I must unambiguously reach out and cast my bread to the waters knowing that there is no guarantee to get returns.
Is it just to be sympathetically aware of other people’s feelings; to be tolerant and forgiving? An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion or simply the capacity for rational thought, inference, or discrimination? If understanding can be all of these and much more, where does one draw the line between being understanding and being taken for granted? Is it true that when I say I understand, I am illuminating me and my biases?
I am a little lost on how my attempts at being aware of others and their feelings do not always translate into understanding and cutting them some slack. Why don’t I stay understanding when what requires my thoughts and tolerance hurts me or have a direct or related painful impact on me. If I refuse to what my world and environment expect of me with regards to understanding, am I irrational? Is understanding the same as being perceptive? How does my socialization aide who, how, and what I understand? Is understanding situational? How do I ensure that in the face of confrontation, I am able to maintain a certain level of awareness both before, during, and after the confrontation?
My Submissions
· We are influenced as a result of both our environment, our socialization and then what we choose to believe;
· Sympathetic awareness drives how understanding we are – and our response at every turn in life is how much we can extricate the external influences around us and build our stimuli on reason;
· Reason can be instant and an impulse, it can also be deliberate, and we can pattern our reasoning;
· Self-mastery and awareness is critical to how much empathy I can muster;
· I resolve to constantly refuse the urge to be impulsive and quick to react and judge. I will be more reflective on how my empathy and feelings are planted;
Nugget:
Understanding is the seed we sow in the ‘eyes’ of others without even knowing it; the fruit we will produce is indicative of what was perceived; the more reason why I must unambiguously reach out and cast my bread to the waters knowing that there is no guarantee to get returns.
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