Rejection

What cold outreach taught me
was that what people are doing
is not rejecting me.

What they are doing
is saying things to me.

It is I who choose
to interpret their words
as rejection
or as something else.

From their perspective,
they may be feeling misunderstood
take advantage of, etc…

Need vs Form

If we do
or say things
to fulfill a need,
then we form our objects,
organizations,
and rituals
to fulfill that need.

Yet,
the words,
the behaviors,
and the forms of our objects
and organizations
can mislead us,
if we fail to comprehend
and appreciate
the underlying needs
that shaped it.

Tis
how easily
dogma
is born.