Understanding is something that, in my opinion goes hand in hand with acceptance- if you understand something or someone well, you're more likely to make an informed decision, which, in hope of the general theme of this blog, would be acceptance. Understanding gives us the power to reason when we make our choices, Instead of a choice based entirely on a preconceived notion or one bad experience, or even a first impression.
Eventually I'll be posting a series of rules of understanding(rather, a how-to guide) alongside my laws of acceptance, given they work quite well together.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
First Law of Acceptance(up for revision)
I think, in my efforts to get this off the ground, that I need to set a few rules to live by, if one is going to adhere to Acceptance Theory. So, as I think of them, and revise them, they will appear here. This first one seems simple enough.
1- Accept that other people will not be accepting.
Pretty straightforward. Every human being has their preconceived notions, and then on those notions, experiences which shape their opinions. This law simply states that to being accepting, people must set aside their own prejudices/vices and reach out to accept others, knowing that the recipient of their acceptance may not respond in kind. Patience is key here.
1- Accept that other people will not be accepting.
Pretty straightforward. Every human being has their preconceived notions, and then on those notions, experiences which shape their opinions. This law simply states that to being accepting, people must set aside their own prejudices/vices and reach out to accept others, knowing that the recipient of their acceptance may not respond in kind. Patience is key here.
Introduction
This is a little project I'll be working on. Eventually I hope to devote great time and effort to it, and I'm not sure how far it will go, but I'm going to give it a shot. The goal is simple. I'm going to be building a set of ideas I'll be referring to as Acceptance Theory. In a nutshell, the basic idea is that people should strive to accept and understand one another regardless of various differences. If that sounds like something you'd care to read, stay tuned, as it's still very much a work in progress.
In more detail:
People learn to accept others. By accepting others, at the very least, a mutual understanding and basic level of respect is established, even if it is the respect to disagree civilly. By forming this most basic form of acceptance, I strive to encourage everyone to further work together- accepting and setting aside differences in pursuit of understanding, with everyone working toward the common goal of meeting needs.
Accept that people are different, yet still human-> Understand, that as humans, we share similar needs, but do not always have the means to meet them-> in understanding, agree to work together, covering one another, meeting those needs so that everyone can continue to live in relative harmony.
That's my ideal, the goal behind Acceptance Theory.
In more detail:
People learn to accept others. By accepting others, at the very least, a mutual understanding and basic level of respect is established, even if it is the respect to disagree civilly. By forming this most basic form of acceptance, I strive to encourage everyone to further work together- accepting and setting aside differences in pursuit of understanding, with everyone working toward the common goal of meeting needs.
Accept that people are different, yet still human-> Understand, that as humans, we share similar needs, but do not always have the means to meet them-> in understanding, agree to work together, covering one another, meeting those needs so that everyone can continue to live in relative harmony.
That's my ideal, the goal behind Acceptance Theory.