You have the capacity to be a peacemaker. We need peacemakers in
our world.
You are a peacemaker when you seek to better understand another
person’s perspective, listen with your full attention, consider your response
carefully, measure your words and show respect.
It doesn’t mean that you have to be in full agreement with the other
person, but it does mean that you honor the light in that individual and you
give him or her the respect to hold his or her own opinions, even if they are
different from yours.
Doing so can help you look through the clutter and distraction of
differences in order to find the light of common ground. That light will help
you forge a path through differences to a place of compromise and respect.
Listen
carefully and openly to hear another perspective. Respect a way of thinking
that is different from yours. Be slow to judge. Seek to understand.
Today,
this week: Pay attention. Listen. Be a peacemaker.
