We Are All OK
Another step in the self-discovery process can be to recognize that others around us are different to us. Especially if we have encountered significant challenges or obstacles to understanding with some of the important people around us, it can be a relief to know they aren’t “doing it deliberately” to drive us a bit nuts.
It can be liberating to recognize that others who are different to us are just doing their own thing, being themselves — just as we are just being ourselves.
Even if we find the behavior of others unfathomable, frustrating, and difficult, it’s helpful to recognize there is a legitimate reason they are being that way (although of course, personality is never an excuse for bad behavior).
When we are in relationship with important people who are really (often really, really) different to us, this can be hugely helpful. It gives us a language and a framework for understanding others’ natural way of being that allows us to let go of negative assumptions about why they’re being the way they are.
Now to your Module 4 PDF Page 26 Differences: We are all OK Explorations!
