Saturday, May 26, 2018

Day #1605

May 24, 2018 

Dismantling misunderstanding, learning more about one another, being welcoming - when two vastly different events overlap, it makes me sit up and take notice. 

I am grateful for the speaker at the final Early Risers across the alley to benefit Family Promise. She had us do an eye-opening exercise - work together to name as many groups of “others” as possible. Groups like homeless, immigrants, young mothers, etc. were shared. Then, she asked us to place a stereotype on those groups - lazy, threatening, unwise, etc. Do those stereotypes fit each individual? Never! Yet how do we get to know this as fact? By learning more about the people who are in those identified “groups,” some of whom may be the person beside us, yet we don’t realize it. Good exercise - good thoughts!

Then, the women's circle study included being welcoming. Are we? Do we? What could we do better? How are we not, but don’t realize it? And how can we be more tolerant - not only as a congregation, but as the world - with those who seem different? Tolerance - it's a good word!! And a good beginning. 

Blessings.

Oops - I almost forgot, today marks ten months our "baby" has been with us. What's that around his neck. A towel DIY for trying to prevent him from bothering his surgery area. Doesn't really work, but after destroying TWO store-bought "cones of shame," we were desperate. 


Doesn't seem to bother his cuteness, though, does it? ;-)

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