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Getting Out of the Box
Changing our labels to more liveable
traits may not be easy.
But we can consider developing the following habits.
- Accept the ideas that to be different is okay.
No matter how differently people do things, each person deserves to be respected. Who knows, you might even find eating with your bare hands easier!
- Listen and pay attention.
Sometimes we only hear what we want to hear. When we have not been paying attention to the erson who is talking, we miss catching the naughty wink that says what he/she is saying harmless and in fact, an endearing joke among friends. Always look at the person you are conversing with. Let him/her finish what e/she is tryng to say before you speak your mind When the person deserves to be praised, then do so. It will make both of you, the giver and the reciever of the compliment, feel good about yourselves.
- Treat others fairly.
Putting people in a box or labeling them is a way of treating them unfairly. Some people are made fun of just because they are fat, or skinny, too dark, or too fair. Valuing one's dignity may mean speaking up for being treated unfairly. This may also call for the courage to speak up for people who are unable to speak for themselves.
- Do not forget the golden Rule.
How often do you hear people say, Do unto others what you want others to do unto you
? Or, do not do unto others what you don not want others to do unto you
?
Maybe you have heard of other similar saying, like Speak kind words and you will hear kind echoes
, or Do good deeds to others and those good deeds will come back back to you a hundredfold.
All these words demand that we respect others in the same way we expect to be respected.
- Put youself in the shoes of the other person.
Try to get into the other person's shoes. Though youmay have the same size, the feeling is not the same; more so, when the shoe does not exactly fit you. This exercise may help us realize that we need to exert the effort to understand others-to feel what they feel.This should make hesitate toput labels on others.
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