Meaningful Conversations With Delicious Beverages
I came to a nice conclusion around mid-day. I had to stop. I couldn't keep going at that pace. Eventually I was going to say something incorrectly because I was mentally fatigued. When I accepted that, I just stopped and disengaged. I left questions unanswered and people I didn't respond to. There was nothing malicious about it. There was nothing cowardly about it. It was a healthy decision. It was a decision based in self-care.
I promise you, for my mental health as much as anything else, this will NOT become a political blog. Despite my honest intentions to do just the one post on politics, teaching social studies to seventh graders in the days after a presidential debate can lead to a certain focus.
As a sucker for all rhyme based catch phrases, I instantly loved it. While we did indeed live up to the line in our discussion, providing an example of how differing view points can interact respectfully, I figured today I'd work on a brief list of guidelines for what we mean.
When we talk about giving people the benefit of the doubt, or applying the principal of charity, in a conversation, who actually benefits?