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February 6, 2017

Willing to Listen

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Living in a global village demands we have a world view.

Whether we are in Toronto, Toledo or Timbuctu, we are interconnected and interdependent. We’re all in this together.

Hence the collective outrage over President’s Trump recent action over blocking immigrants to the United States. The very idea of America posting a “not welcome” sign runs counter to the open, inclusive spirit upon which the country was founded.

Broadly speaking, a world view is a set of expectations and biases we have formed that shapes how we see and feel about people in other nations and of other faiths and cultural values.

Accommodation isn’t always easy, but as distances and time continue to shrink, it is good to remember that most of us, regardless of where we stand on the globe, are just trying to get through the day, striving to stay alive, better our conditions and do the best by our families and those for whom we care.

We are not the same, of course. Our cultures, religions, educational, economic and societal differences can make strangers of us – but only if we let them.

The songs we sing, the stories we tell, sounds and words that can to others sound foreign, even threatening, can create a gap. Still, as the the world gets smaller, we need to make the effort to narrow the gap, remembering that a stranger is only a person whose story or song we have never heard – until we are willing to listen.

Would you like to take your life to new heights? Learn how by attending my 3RDAGEWorkshop I am holding March 8 in Toronto. Need help moving on to what’s next? Let’s chat. Text/Call 416.450.8867 or email drew@drewsimmie.com.

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