Do you ever feel like life is all about rules? About the stipulations and expectations laid down by others? Have you ever gotten the feeling that everyone is telling you what to do and how to behave?
In school, you are taught to be who you can be, but as you get older society tells you to live a certain way. We’re locked in a continuous battle – a struggle to conform to the expectations of society, and sometimes even religion.
That’s why it’s so valuable to be able to allow others to be themselves around you. Giving others a place to be themselves without having to follow a set of rules or regulations – without changing who they really are – can create the space to really connect with them.
Don’t get me wrong: this doesn’t mean you have to compromise on your beliefs or your Christianity in order to relate to others – your belief should be strong and never compromising.
However, in order to connect with people, we need to meet them where they are at, without forcing them to “change” who they are (real change can’t be forced!).
Let’s never forget that in everything we do we need to stay relevant to those around us. In order to do so, we need to be continuously humbling ourselves, meeting people wherever they are at.
Godspeed.