“Every change — big or small — typically begins with a new question.”
— Dr. Marilee Adams, Author of “Change Your Questions Change Your Life” (a longtime Intramuralist favorite)
Most of us seem to crave some sort of change, especially in regard to the seemingly surfeit of increasing societal schisms today.
Hence, today… only questions…
25 to be exact.
- Do I really respect all people?
- If my opinion supports one people group but disrespects another, is there anything about my opinion or its expression that I need to change?
- Am I living in an echo chamber? If so, why won’t I exit?
- Am I committed to dialogue?
- Where am I stuck?
- Where am I wrong?
- Where have I refused to acknowledge that I have more to learn?
- How can I love my “neighbor” more?
- Where am I destroying community as opposed to fostering it?
- What bias is within me?
- What agenda-driven news sources are impeding my objectivity?
- Is social media helping?
- How does my behavior need to change?
- Who do I have trouble giving grace to? Why?
- Where do I point fingers only at others and avoid examination of self?
- Have I forgotten that even a stopped clock is right twice a day?
- Who have I justified loving less?
- Where I have I allowed ethnicity, political standing, or anything to get in the way?
- Where am I refusing to listen?
- Am I a “learner” or a “judger”?
- Do I ask “what assumptions am I making” or “whose fault is it”?
- Do I ask “what are they thinking, feeling and wanting” or “why are they always so dumb and irritating”?
- Who is holding me accountable? Am I submissive to anyone?
- Have I translated my individual experience into truth for all others? And…
- What unintentional consequences is my behavior, opinion, or the current expression of my opinion having?
Want solution?
Want to navigate wisely through some of the tough issues currently set before us?
“Every change — big or small — typically begins with a new question.”
Maybe we should consider changing our questions.
Respectfully…
AR