Respect.OneAnother'sDifferences
Wehear,butwedon'tlisten.Wedon'tabsorbthepointsbeingmade.Whatcausesthisbreakdownincommunication?It'ssimplybecausewehavedifferentbackgrounds,experiences,andhistories.Tocounterandpreventmisunderstandingweneedtorespecteachother'sdifferences.
Firstly,ourneedtobeunderstoodandappreciatedshouldbebasedontheknowledgeofotherpeople'sdifferences.Wehavedifferentpointsofviewbecauseofourdifferentbackgrounds.Whenyoufeelyourselfdisagreeingwithsomeone,askyourselfhowhisworldviewdiffersfromyours.Puffingyourselfinhisshoesandtryingtounderstandhispointofview,youmaybesurprisedtolearnyouareincompleteagreement.Secondly,thebestwaytogetotherstorespectyourbeliefsisbyrespectingtheirs.Youmayunderstandtheirpointbutstilldisagreewithit.Ifyouopinionisdifferent,ofcourse,youwantotherstorespectyourrighttodisagree.Oftendisagreementsarisebecausewefocusonthewordsbeingusedinsteadoffocusingonthespeaker.Althoughweunderstandthesewords,weinterpretthemdifferently.Soitisusefultryingtounderstandandrespecttheperson.
Toconclude,thewayweviewtheworldandinterpreteventsdiffers.Thesedifferenceseasilyleadtoconflicts.Thefirststeptowardeliminatingmisunderstandingistorespectotherpeople'sdifferencesandbeliefs.(220words)