{"id":7043,"date":"2025-03-04T15:32:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creeksideinspirations.ca\/?p=7043"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:56:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:56:37","slug":"touching-the-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creeksideinspirations.ca\/de\/touching-the-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"Touching the Elephant in one Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just heard someone exclaim in frustration that \u201cthings are getting worse and worse\u201d. What if things are not getting different, what if things just ARE without evaluation, always interpreted in one way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever noticed that when the stakes are high, parties to the dispute tend to focus on one thought, support that with arguments and make it look like the opponent it entirely wrong (if not ridiculously, outrageously, insanely misguided)? Interestingly, no matter which side you listen to, their arguments and facts are compelling, well thought through and seemingly indisputable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I have been following two contradicting perspectives on a current high stakes discussion, a thought occurred to me: What if it is not about one perspective being wrong, what if each perspective is flawed, as it is subjective?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you still with me? Let me explain my thought by using a metaphor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his poem “The Blind Man and the Elephant<\/strong>” by John Godfrey Saxe six blind people are touching different parts of the elephant mistakenly finding the elephant to be like a wall, a rope, a tree, a spear, a snake and a fan. Everyone is partly right, but at the same time fails to recognize the whole truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo Credit: Patheos (2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What then?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if we settle on the fact that none of us can see the whole big picture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if we seek consensus and understanding on the level of intentions (giving one another credit for the intention, seeking to understand and find a consensus that way). While speaking of consensus, considering that there is such a thing as win-win. Because in this black-and-white thinking, one often fails to see that by looking at something different, by letting go of wanting to be right, there CAN be win-win outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like in Life Coaching. But that is a different story altogether. You can read up on that at creeksideinspirations.ca <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Credits and Poem Recital: https:\/\/www.poetry.com\/poem\/101535\/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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