this is terrific my dude! fellow girl dad who also had a long journey to this point. I had to be told by a professional colleague he was a feminist until I accepted the mantle. keep on truckin’ my brother.
Great article, MJ. I can relate to your shift in thinking. The more ‘evolved’ perspective. Just as we can’t name the precise reason we used to think the old way, neither can we explain the change completely. Influence from a multitude of sources and factors, in both cases. But something else in the shift toward what seems more right - being open to different perspectives.
This may also require another level of emotional maturity, too. I’m no psychologist. But these things take time when we’ve lived and been influenced in one direction. I’m still changing and paying attention. As you said, invoking temperance when I feel a slip.
We aren’t perfect, and that’s okay. Life is a personal evolution. And I hope
I've looked at Wisdom as the action/inaction one takes when knowledge is gained.
We all grow up with some type of belief system we are indoctrinated into by our rearing.
I believe as we grow in experience and our personal conscience forms those beliefs systems change and evolve. Especially if we give ourselves grace to be uncomfortable in societal norms we were told we're " just the way it is".
The fact that you grew from your lived experiences says so much about your character. And character matters. Not in performance but in the willingness to transform one's opinion and heart.
I think we do t know what we don’t know until we know it! I wouldn’t want to put a label on it. You were just…a man? Good thing you’re paying attention now!
Yes, I think you're right. I can be awfully hard on myself at times - both a blessing and a curse, I guess. I am, just a man. And you can't know what you don't know...
Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts Jennifer!🤠🤙
this is terrific my dude! fellow girl dad who also had a long journey to this point. I had to be told by a professional colleague he was a feminist until I accepted the mantle. keep on truckin’ my brother.
Great article, MJ. I can relate to your shift in thinking. The more ‘evolved’ perspective. Just as we can’t name the precise reason we used to think the old way, neither can we explain the change completely. Influence from a multitude of sources and factors, in both cases. But something else in the shift toward what seems more right - being open to different perspectives.
This may also require another level of emotional maturity, too. I’m no psychologist. But these things take time when we’ve lived and been influenced in one direction. I’m still changing and paying attention. As you said, invoking temperance when I feel a slip.
We aren’t perfect, and that’s okay. Life is a personal evolution. And I hope
Thanks Annette! Your article really spoke to me as well. Small Steps🙏
I've looked at Wisdom as the action/inaction one takes when knowledge is gained.
We all grow up with some type of belief system we are indoctrinated into by our rearing.
I believe as we grow in experience and our personal conscience forms those beliefs systems change and evolve. Especially if we give ourselves grace to be uncomfortable in societal norms we were told we're " just the way it is".
The fact that you grew from your lived experiences says so much about your character. And character matters. Not in performance but in the willingness to transform one's opinion and heart.
Great article MJ.
Thank you Debra 🙏. You nailed it, it’s so important to give ourselves a little grace sometimes. No one gets there all at once.
I think we do t know what we don’t know until we know it! I wouldn’t want to put a label on it. You were just…a man? Good thing you’re paying attention now!
Yes, I think you're right. I can be awfully hard on myself at times - both a blessing and a curse, I guess. I am, just a man. And you can't know what you don't know...
Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts Jennifer!🤠🤙