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Who is the person I meet?
Is it what he IS at this moment (or rather seems to be) or what he COULD BE? Which one do I focus on?
Knowing that I've come a long way, knowing that I'm not the same I was yesterday, that I learn all the time and that if I want I am getting better and better every day - yet never becoming quite perfect - I choose to focus on the COULD BE in other people as well.
If I'm not perfect at this moment I don't expect the other to be. But others become so much more perfect - smarter, prettier, richer, more caring, sexier etc etc - if I only see their potential. And the potential is as big as they want it to be - I believe in other people dreams and try to believe a bit more than they do, so I can help them grow.
What if other people are actually potentially perfect? So exciting to start noticing and recognising the little hints in others that show what they are actually becoming. World changes just from the way we look at it.
Search for the Pygmalion Effect!!!
ReplyDeleteI think you will find it amazing to take you through what you have described in your post today...
Love Tons,
Dey
PS: I am so happy that internet brought us together!
Wow, loved it big time! Keep bumping into the the same ideas from different authors and sources - yet they always tell a bit different story. Beginners mind keeps us learning. Thanks for the extra touch you added to my thoughts!
ReplyDeletePS: Pleasure is all mutual.