In a world where there are soooo many opposing opinions/takes on what’s “right”…it can get frustrating when trying to change someone’s mind.
We have friends, fam members, coworkers – who – we’re in close contact w all the time. Our decisions are on display whether we like it or not. Every action (& even inaction) is getting critiqued rt now, where we are being put in a “bucket” & labeled as standing for one “side” or another on various social topics.
It’s a time period like non other I’ve ever lived thru…so I’m assuming the same for most. Even in other times where there may’ve been other volatile & explosive topics being discussed, there wasn’t social media, which put every comment (or lack there of) on display for everyone else to form their own opinions of you.
This post isn’t abt the motivation as to why it may be that we’re being bucketed…but instead what we can do abt it.
We may never change someone’s mind when we don’t see eye to eye….but I truly believe we can change their perspective.
If like in MH we all have unique experiences – events in life that impact us that then cause us to have diff views of the world (eg how we view an airplane as either a safe a fun vehicle to zoom to our destination more quickly in…or a scary vehicle that could hit terrible turbulence at any time & have complications)…then so too can our unique experiences shape the way we view current event topics.
If you look at the 2nd pic slide, that theme’s what we try to impress when we visit schools on day 2 of these NFLPA visits: “SameHere Hear Us Out.”
In front of a crowd of the whole school, we explain where we grew up, what the town was like, what the demos were, what the socioeconomics were, what our parents impressed on us. We then take current event topics like: George Floyd, The Media, & discuss it from diff angles so that the students can see – opinion comes from unique bkgrnds – & there isn’t always a “right or wrong” but, instead, a perception.
If we can accept we won’t change each other’s minds all the time, but we can change each others perspectives to see “another angle does exist,” we can live more harmoniously.