See yourself in others and
reduce self-judgment.
August 12, 2018
Reston, Virginia
www.mymobiledventure.com
According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 2017 Point-In-Time Report, more than half a million Americans experience homelessness on a given night.
Every day we interact with others. We choose to perceive relationships as good or bad, easy or hard, convenient or inconvenient. Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist, said, “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
This experience of being mobile has changed how I look at others. Instead of judging them as addicts, scammers, and mentally ill, I see myself in them and I see their inner light. They need love and a home, just like I do.
Now when I pull up to an intersection in my clean, air-conditioned car, I look at the men and women who ask for money and say to myself, “I’m homeless too.” I read their signs. I make eye contact and smile. I give them money when the traffic lights allow.
When have you seen yourself in others?
An exhausted mother in the grocery store with a screaming toddler, a disheveled colleague who just lost their parent, a child struggling to fit in.
Please share your experience with me. Why? Because that’s me too.
READ: July 10 – See Things Differently
and
June 21 – Curiosity Creates Connection
from my book, Savvy Woman in 5 Minutes a Day: Make Time for a Life That Matters