My Self Mastery courses are all about learning how to fulfill your greatest potential as a human being. It’s about elevating your thinking and your actions to ignore the temptation of taking the Low Road and to consciously choose to follow the High Road instead. We all have an internal guidance system and anyone with a sense of moral decency knows the difference between the two.
Win/win is the cornerstone of all enlightened, successful relationships. It takes just one person willing to step across the line to support the other person to win first. It takes just one person who’s willing to stop playing “my way or the highway”… in order to find a better way.
It doesn’t mean you always have to agree, but it does mean you have to let go of “winning”. Sometimes, it takes a willingness to listen, a willingness to let go of being right, or a willingness to find a way to be together that is mutually constructive and respectful.
“Us against Them” doesn’t work. “Me against You” doesn’t work. Using power and force to overpower others doesn’t work. This beautiful policeman used the
power of his position
to
empower
others
and look what he created. Be aware of how you felt watching this.
Who wins? Unless you are consumed by anger and fear, I know the answer is in your gut.
When we are in a position of power. We have influence, and depending on how we wield that power determines the kind of difference we make. That difference becomes our legacy and my guess is these kids will remember this policeman all their lives. I know I will, and all I did was watch the video. We never know the moment when our actions, reactions or inactions will change the life of another forever.
These are challenging times, my friends. Racism is a very difficult subject for some White people to honestly face and discuss. Politics is a petri dish for animosity. It’s going to heat up folks, much more than it is now. When the discussions start, and they will, let’s be careful to not blame and attack -- and at the same time, let’s not get defensive.
Stay open. Listening doesn’t mean you have to agree. It simply means giving the other person the courtesy of really being heard. That’s all. Stay balanced, stay focused, stay on the High Road.
When you speak your truth, not everyone will agree with you and some will tell you you’re crazy. White people fight especially hard when their White “privilege” (advantage simply because they are White) is pointed out to them. No matter. Simply ask them to be willing to listen. Perhaps someday they will not only listen, but they will hear. Don’t stay quiet. Show up – Stand up – Speak up. Silence kills.
But before you speak, remember this video. Feel the vibration of your inner voice. Stay calm, so each can speak and each can listen. Then, like this policeman, be an example of what you seek, find a point of common interest between you and figure out how to play ball together so everyone can win.
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