How to know what I don't know that I don't know....
What are the things that I don't know that I don't know? This is the primary question that Faithwalking asks each person to consider. And then, how can I begin to know what I don't know? One way I can do this is to learn to listen differently. Instead of listening for only 3-9 seconds before I begin to decide what is right or wrong about what another is saying, before I begin to formulate my argument back, before my autopilot reactive response that is formed by previous wounds and hurts kicks in, I can decide instead to listen differently. I may not ever agree with what you say, but I can listen with the idea that what you are saying is true for you, and maybe I can learn something from that. At the very least I can be fully present to you and hear what you say. At some point in time each one of us has been broken, deeply truly broken, shamed, hurt, rejected, embarrassed, neglected or abused. Listening for right or wrong/ agree or disagree will close me off to somet...