How do differences enhance who I am
and can become?
What can I learn from differences?
What if we could advocate for our own
ideals while at the same time valuing
others who do not share our beliefs?
Can we separate the person
from his/her position?
Embracing differences create the
opportunity to leverage, create synergy,
and reach higher levels of functioning.
Embracing difference, however, inevitably
means greater tension and conflict.
Opening ourselves to the tension and
developing the ability to peaceably manage it,
is requisite for learning to value differences.
Valuing differences means
we must first value ourselves.
Valuing differences means that we
listen and seek to understand.
We have to "de-program" the message
that different is bad or deficient.
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