What if Irony is Judging Others for Lacking Empathy?
When
we disagree with someone
we can intend
to be right
by telling them
they’re wrong
or
we can intend
to make them right
by connecting their words
to a context in which
they’re right.
The option to do
either
is almost always
there.
May we ask ourselves
why we choose
one
over
the other.
One
of the most powerful motivators
can be our need
to prove we are right.
One
of the most power transformations
can start
when we are proven wrong.
There are times
when we cannot reconcile
the conflict between
what is right
for us
and what is right
for them.
A paradox.
This is a place,
where we may recognize
what is right for others,
but feel stuck
because what is right for us
seems negated
by their’s.
Let us learn the choice
to give and receive support
in this place.
A place
of struggle.
Support
that can help us all realize empathy
so we can finally see
where it is
we previously did not look
and respect it
so as to let
the paradox dissolve
and give rise
to a new way
of being
together.
