Let's Energize, Not Homogenize

Thinking about
blog post content.

Thinking about
how we all
stimulate & support each other.

Thinking about
how we

meet & greet each other
in comments.

I love comments,

leaving them for others,

receiving them.

Still ...

... isn't it true that

sometimes

you might read

a little something here,

a little something there,

& find yourself

(your SELF)

rising up with a

different point of view?

Yea, I know.

What I want to say,

here,

 is
I believe it's ok

to

DISAGREE

via comments.

I think it's good to say,

"Hey, I like what you said here,

and here,

but when I read this part right here,

I thought maybe I'd offer another slant,

a second take,

another angle,

because that's

where my experience has led,

that's what my life lessons have taught me."

Now:

if I feel super CHARGED

in any way about someone's post

then I know that's the time to

shut my comment yap.

Go away, chill out,

THINK IT THROUGH,

and maybe,

only maybe,

return, and respond.

RESPOND,

mind you.

Respectfully,
tactfully,
diplomatically,

even gently,
the way
I'd want someone to
disagree with me.

NOT 'retort'.

NOT 'correct'.
NOT 'proselytize'.
NOT 'ordain'.
NOT 'command'.

NOT 'attack'.
NOT 'judge.'

RESPOND.

Because

I think

there is just as much

I can learn

(maybe more?)

from someone else's courage

to point my brain in a new direction

as there is

(and there is)

from the generous

doses of encouragement

& delight &

community & ideas

we mainly offer
one another.