tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17343988.post2173780426290946822..comments2024-01-19T04:04:57.337-06:00Comments on reverent irreverence: the next blank page, part 2altar egohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564052536173244610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17343988.post-58147241235071669932012-08-25T15:59:17.616-05:002012-08-25T15:59:17.616-05:00Just thought of one I use a good bit... there are ...Just thought of one I use a good bit... there are two kinds of people, those who life happens to and those who manage life. :c)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17343988.post-79963162310759899272012-08-25T15:47:09.226-05:002012-08-25T15:47:09.226-05:00Indeed, the assumption always is that one is corre...Indeed, the assumption always is that one is correct and one is fully misguided. Sounds like an interesting topic for exploration!Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17343988.post-73090667206407572632012-08-23T11:41:45.678-05:002012-08-23T11:41:45.678-05:00This sounds like a really good jumping off point f...This sounds like a really good jumping off point for the book. As a person who very often can see all the sides to a story, I find polarization fascinating. Seems like it takes more energy than I have to be that firmly rooted on one side or the other - and where does that leave compassion? Lots of things to think about!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17343988.post-62700637996588857662012-08-23T06:27:42.778-05:002012-08-23T06:27:42.778-05:00Perhaps you will share this, or a version of this ...Perhaps you will share this, or a version of this on the WordsMatter blog?<br /><br />I do hope that we humans are more finely nuanced than "two kinds of people" but in truth I think we are living in an age when polarities are rampant and we are each called to belong to one polar extreme or the other. Living in between these extremes is challenging because we are dismissed as having no values, no theology, no definition of who we are. But living on the extremes begins to feel like the same message of anger and vitriol just using different words and opposite perspectives. <br /><br />Perhaps there are two kinds of people - those who choose the fringe extreme and speak from their anger, closing down their ability to think in possiility - and those who strive to find balance and equanimity?Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.com