Guest guest Posted August 7, 2000 Report Share Posted August 7, 2000 > Hello Judith > > Please continue reading past my first paragraph below which will > likely annoy you, hopefully the others wont. I did read your whole post. I don't want to respond tonight. I switched my mode of receiving posts from email, to reading the website, because I feel attacked and I'm doing what it takes to lessen that feeling, short of totally withdrawing from the group. I will say that I don't see what you wrote as an attempt at conflict resolution. But give me some time, let me sleep on this. I do agree that email makes misunderstandings easier than face to face contact. judith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2000 Report Share Posted August 7, 2000 > I did read your whole post. I don't want to respond tonight. I > switched my mode of receiving posts from email, to reading the > website, because I feel attacked and I'm doing what it takes to > lessen that feeling, short of totally withdrawing from the group. I will say that I don't see what you wrote as an attempt at conflict resolution. I'm sad that you feel that way - but I dont consider i made any personal attack on you - though you did in fact on me. What I attempted to do in that post was shift the discussion from the ping pong debate it had become to a meta-debate about how and why we perceive things and express our views, with the intewntion of trying to create some understanding if not agreement. > But give me some time, let me sleep on this. I do agree that email > makes misunderstandings easier than face to face contact. I will sleep on this too. I will say one thing too. No-one ever really 'walks in the moccassins' of another person much that they might think that they do, and hence no-one can ever be totally sure that a person is just being self-pitying or whatever. I think I posted a while back about an Asian legend that when everyone dies they get to see their suffering as an actual physical burden that they carry. As they walk, they come to a great tree which has a branch upon which they may hang their suffering, on condition they take down someone else's and carry that instead. Apparently, everybody looks at all the different sufferings on the tree and chooses to take their own one back again. Now, when I get a glimpse what's on the branches belonging to other people, such as some of those you have mentioned, then sure I feel like keping my own burden. However, according to the legend, they just might also prefer theirs to mine, mightn't they? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.