{"id":8032,"date":"2017-10-17T06:45:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T10:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=8032"},"modified":"2017-10-17T06:45:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T10:45:20","slug":"change-your-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=8032","title":{"rendered":"change your questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cEvery change \u2014 big or small \u2014 typically begins with a new question.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dr. Marilee Adams, Author of \u201cChange Your Questions Change Your Life\u201d (a longtime Intramuralist favorite)<\/em><\/p>\n

Most of us seem to crave some sort of change, especially in regard to the seemingly surfeit of increasing societal schisms today.<\/p>\n

Hence, today\u2026 only questions\u2026<\/p>\n

25 to be exact.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Do I really respect all people?<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. If my opinion supports one people group but disrespects another, is there anything about my opinion or its expression that I need to change?<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Am I living in an echo chamber? If so, why won\u2019t I exit?<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Am I committed to dialogue?<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Where am I stuck?<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Where am I wrong?<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Where have I refused to acknowledge that I have more to learn?<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. How can I love my \u201cneighbor\u201d more?<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. Where am I destroying community as opposed to fostering it?<\/em><\/li>\n
  10. What bias is within me?<\/em><\/li>\n
  11. What agenda-driven news sources are impeding my objectivity?<\/em><\/li>\n
  12. Is social media helping?<\/em><\/li>\n
  13. How does my behavior need to change?<\/em><\/li>\n
  14. Who do I have trouble giving grace to? Why?<\/em><\/li>\n
  15. Where do I point fingers only at others and avoid examination of self?<\/em><\/li>\n
  16. Have I forgotten that even a stopped clock is right twice a day? <\/em><\/li>\n
  17. Who have I justified loving less?<\/em><\/li>\n
  18. Where I have I allowed ethnicity, political standing, or anything<\/strong> to get in the way?<\/em><\/li>\n
  19. Where am I refusing to listen?<\/em><\/li>\n
  20. Am I a \u201clearner\u201d or a \u201cjudger\u201d?<\/em><\/li>\n
  21. Do I ask \u201cwhat assumptions am I making\u201d or \u201cwhose fault is it\u201d?<\/em><\/li>\n
  22. Do I ask \u201cwhat are they thinking, feeling and wanting\u201d or \u201cwhy are they always so dumb and irritating\u201d?<\/em><\/li>\n
  23. Who is holding me accountable? Am I submissive to anyone?<\/em><\/li>\n
  24. Have I translated my individual experience into truth for all others? And\u2026<\/em><\/li>\n
  25. What unintentional consequences is my behavior, opinion, or the current expression of my opinion having?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Want solution?<\/p>\n

    Want to navigate wisely through some of the tough issues currently set before us?<\/p>\n

    \u201cEvery change \u2014 big or small \u2014 typically begins with a new question.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

    Maybe we should consider changing our questions.<\/p>\n

    Respectfully\u2026
    \nAR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u201cEvery change \u2014 big or small \u2014 typically begins with a new question.\u201d \u2014 Dr. Marilee Adams, Author of \u201cChange Your Questions Change Your Life\u201d (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\u2026 only questions\u2026 … <\/p>\n

    Continue reading “change your questions”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8032"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8039,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8032\/revisions\/8039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}