It makes a lot of sense, especially healthcare after a loss. Lots of food for thought as I live with my elderly, recently widowed, father. Thanks for your thoughts and taking the time and energy to write them down.
To the point about differences you shared in #3… How we’re all similar, but not the same is fascinating. It can help us connect, sympathize, and even sometimes empathize to some degree. It can also cause friction, misunderstanding, and negative emotions when people behave differently than we do. For most, if not all, things, there is not one approach better than another, just different ways of doing things. Better and best is more related to the circumstances and people involved, which means nuance is most needed. I think that’s why grace is so important. We all need a lot of it and should be better about giving it.
The really hard part about offering grace is that these times of grief are so hard. I'm a fan of nuance and listening and leaving space and silence. Thanks for interacting.
Hi Jon - Frank Reed here. It has been a minute, right? Just this week I lost my mom. I am just starting to unravel a rather complex life with her. It is hard indeed. I look forward to gathering up all the wisdom you have around this, until this past Monday, foreign ground for me. So grateful for the work you do. Peace, brother.
Hi Frank. Thanks for letting me know. Relationships are so much more complicated than we recognize from the outside. Let me know what I can answer or offer. Jon
It makes a lot of sense, especially healthcare after a loss. Lots of food for thought as I live with my elderly, recently widowed, father. Thanks for your thoughts and taking the time and energy to write them down.
To the point about differences you shared in #3… How we’re all similar, but not the same is fascinating. It can help us connect, sympathize, and even sometimes empathize to some degree. It can also cause friction, misunderstanding, and negative emotions when people behave differently than we do. For most, if not all, things, there is not one approach better than another, just different ways of doing things. Better and best is more related to the circumstances and people involved, which means nuance is most needed. I think that’s why grace is so important. We all need a lot of it and should be better about giving it.
The really hard part about offering grace is that these times of grief are so hard. I'm a fan of nuance and listening and leaving space and silence. Thanks for interacting.
Hi Jon - Frank Reed here. It has been a minute, right? Just this week I lost my mom. I am just starting to unravel a rather complex life with her. It is hard indeed. I look forward to gathering up all the wisdom you have around this, until this past Monday, foreign ground for me. So grateful for the work you do. Peace, brother.
Hi Frank. Thanks for letting me know. Relationships are so much more complicated than we recognize from the outside. Let me know what I can answer or offer. Jon