Monday, May 16, 2005

Self-forgetting by Jane Genova

Well I did mean what I said Shelley but times change.

I was able to break away from the concentration game and read what Jane wrote:
... Develop a sincere interest in the other. That becomes easier if we develop that old-fashioned virtue patience.

With just a little patience, we will take the time to find out about the other...

Two, morph emotionally from your goal or agenda to theirs. When we focus on their problem/wants/needs, not our own (such as needing this sale to pay the mortgage) we open that person to us. Paradoxical? Yes, that's the mystery of self-forgetting. As Saint Francis put it, "It is in giving that we receive"...

This is so TRUE!

Read the full posting by Jane.

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