Selective Hearing

sometimes we let our expectations overpower our senses

we make ourselves think we heard what we expected to hear

lots of arguments get started and perpetuated that way

and none get avoided or ended

instead of just guessing that someone said something horrible and offensive, find out what they actually did say

human language is highly interpretive

and the thought-to-speech-to-hearing-to-thought process is highly specialized and very intricate

take your time, take delicate steps, not giant leaps

lesson: abandon preconceptions.

I appreciate you Wise Elder