Opinions

Today I’ve been thinking about Opinions… we’ve all got them…

If someone asks me directly, “What’s your opinion on x”, I’ll give it, I have an opinion on most things, typically with the adder “for me”.  eg, “This is what I think is best in this situation, for me”.  Why the adder?  Because everyone is different!  Shocking news, right?!   Well… some forget that important fact.   And, my advice, might be different, when applied to you, or someone else.

Really internalizing the “everyone is different” and “what’s right for everyone, is different”, has helped me to stay composed in situations where, in the past, I might have engaged and gotten upset.

If I truly think someone is making a mistake, I will engage, and calmly walk through their thought process with them.  Maybe *I* was missing a piece of information.  Maybe their answer truly was best for them.  Maybe they think it through more fully and change their mind.

Being open, skipping the right/wrong, and just listening to understand, can allow us to gain information, and to help each other, get to a better solution.