So let\u2019s try this a different way today, seeing if we can describe the excellent, insightful meme\u2026<\/p>\n
You stand here. On the \u201cX.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll stand directly across from you \u2014 only 10 feet away. On the \u201cY.”<\/p>\n
Smack-dab in the middle of us \u2014 equidistant from us both \u2014 you see right in front of you, the number \u201c6.\u201d<\/p>\n
You see it. You\u2019re close to it. It\u2019s not blurry in any sort of way. It is clearly a \u201c6.\u201d No doubt about it.<\/p>\n
I, on the other hand, see the number \u201c9.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019m close to it. It\u2019s not blurry. It\u2019s clearly a \u201c9.\u201d No doubt about it.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m convinced I\u2019m right\u2026 and I am.<\/em><\/p>\n You\u2019re convinced you\u2019re right\u2026 and you are.<\/em><\/p>\n Two different people see the same thing totally differently; in fact, from my vantage point, it is totally impossible for me to see what you see.<\/p>\n From your vantage point, it\u2019s impossible for you to see what I see.<\/p>\n And yet, we are both correct.<\/p>\n What would it change in our dialogue, discussion, and our respect for one another, if we had were patient enough to take the time necessary to invest in deep discernment? \u2026 to do the work that it takes that truly wrestles with the perspectives and conclusions of another \u2014 and to realize that even though we come from different perspectives and make different conclusions, we are both still, humbly, profoundly right?<\/em><\/p>\n Two different perspectives can both be right.<\/em><\/p>\n Two strikingly, starkly different perspectives can both be right.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a \u20186\u2019!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a \u20189\u2019!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s actually both.<\/p>\n Can we realize that?<\/p>\n Respectfully\u2026 So let\u2019s try this a different way today, seeing if we can describe the excellent, insightful meme\u2026 You stand here. On the \u201cX.\u201d I\u2019ll stand directly across from you \u2014 only 10 feet away. On the \u201cY.” Smack-dab in the middle of us \u2014 equidistant from us both \u2014 you see right in front of … <\/p>\n
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