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244: Let Me Become Orange
What happens when we give up trying to control each other, and instead allow ourselves be changed by our encounter with one another? Could we let the extraordinary beauty and mystery of others really reach us? What would happen if we did this in the roles where we have the most power over others - when we're teachers, parents, employers, or leaders? And what are the costs if we don't, if we stay closed off to the gifts we each have to bring one another?
This week's Turning Towards Life is a conversation about the wisdom and possibility that can come from learning from all our encounters and all our relationships. It's hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
Here's our source for this week:
Let Me Become Orange
They say people don’t change.
But when you came along it was obvious that new territory beckoned.
All the ways I had begun to take myself less seriously began to make sense.
Like a hungry horse hearing the shaking bucket of carrots held by the little girl as she comes to visit.
I come bounding towards you, galloping.
Wanting to eat your carrots.
And I soften so that the carrots can make me orange.
If I’m not open to you changing me, how can I truly receive all you’ve come to give ?
Lizzie Winn 9th June 2022
Photo by Ben Mater on Unsplash
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What happens when we give up trying to control each other, and instead allow ourselves be changed by our encounter with one another? Could we let the extraordinary beauty and mystery of others really reach us? What would happen if we did this in the roles where we have the most power over others - when we're teachers, parents, employers, or leaders? And what are the costs if we don't, if we stay closed off to the gifts we each have to bring one another?
This week's Turning Towards Life is a conversation about the wisdom and possibility that can come from learning from all our encounters and all our relationships. It's hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
Here's our source for this week:
Let Me Become Orange
They say people don’t change.
But when you came along it was obvious that new territory beckoned.
All the ways I had begun to take myself less seriously began to make sense.
Like a hungry horse hearing the shaking bucket of carrots held by the little girl as she comes to visit.
I come bounding towards you, galloping.
Wanting to eat your carrots.
And I soften so that the carrots can make me orange.
If I’m not open to you changing me, how can I truly receive all you’ve come to give ?
Lizzie Winn 9th June 2022
Photo by Ben Mater on Unsplash
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