Comments on: How Can We Stay Close If We Don’t Communicate? https://lisanotes.com/come-together-if-far-apart/ on Life and Love Mon, 28 Dec 2020 23:17:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Jean Wise https://lisanotes.com/come-together-if-far-apart/#comment-318002 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:45:26 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=24380#comment-318002 Yes I confess I have stayed away from a few people due to the heated political scene. I have two very vocal friends that I wasn’t sure how to handle so distance with the excuse of covid has helped keep peace. Yet you remind me and challenge me to be mindful of rebuilding that bridge as covid hopefully fades with a vaccine and time with friends become a possibility once again. I feel hope!!

]]> By: Jennifer Smith https://lisanotes.com/come-together-if-far-apart/#comment-317932 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:06:23 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=24380#comment-317932 I have to admit, I really like to stay in my bubble as well. Some much-needed admonishment (and encouragement) here – thanks!

]]> By: Mary Geisen https://lisanotes.com/come-together-if-far-apart/#comment-317893 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:44:17 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=24380#comment-317893 This is very convicting. I am the person who snoozes others but I do it out of self-protection. You have just challenged me to step out of my bubble in order to communicate and learn from those I disagree with.

]]> By: A spirit of simplicity https://lisanotes.com/come-together-if-far-apart/#comment-317887 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:07:05 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=24380#comment-317887 My family is split politically. I’m certainly not going to “block” them from my life. I just choose to avoid certain topics of conversation. I love my mum for who she is even though I don’t agree with her political views. As for those who are not in my immediate family I stop and ask myself what the goal of a communication or conversation is. If there is disagreement then it’s important to understand what the disagreement is about. Sometimes we can look beyond the differences and other times we have to walk away from certain people.

]]> By: Barbara Harper https://lisanotes.com/come-together-if-far-apart/#comment-317869 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 20:02:39 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=24380#comment-317869 This is such a hard thing to balance. I’ve “muted” some people, too–not so much the ones I have some disagreement with, but the ones who rant about their views every day. But as a country, it seems we have forgotten how to disagree civilly. We need to relearn before the country is torn apart.

There’s even some political disagreement within our own family, and every family gathering I try to pray that we’ll all remember that we have stronger and deeper connections than political affiliations.

]]> By: Lynn D. Morrissey https://lisanotes.com/come-together-if-far-apart/#comment-317866 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:22:10 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=24380#comment-317866 Thank you for wise words, deep insights as usual. I so appreciate you, Lisa, and your perspective. You always make me think. I have some friends who are not Christians, and I greatly appreciate their compassion and humanity. I appreciate that they feel I’ve “earned the right,” if you will, to speak to them from a Christian perspective. While at this juncture, they don’t agree, I can’t tell you how happy I am that they have listened. I love them, and thank God they are in my life.

I think you will appreciate this essay by Jerome Daley. I’d never heard of a “mandorla” before but I think it applies to what you are saying. And I love almonds! I also love his book, SoulSpace.

https://www.thrive9solutions.com/blog/2020/11/9/mandorla

Wishing you and yours a very blessed Thanksgiving. I remain thankful to and for you!
xo
Lynn

]]> By: Anita Ojeda https://lisanotes.com/come-together-if-far-apart/#comment-317864 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:57:48 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=24380#comment-317864 It’s so important that we don’t get entrenched in our bubbles. I’m having to work just as hard at this (not writing off people who think differently) as I do at filtering my words to make sure I don’t offend or through my white privilege around. That pesky privilege shows up in all. the. places.

]]> By: Laurie https://lisanotes.com/come-together-if-far-apart/#comment-317862 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:44:50 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=24380#comment-317862 So funny…we were just talking about this topic yesterday at book club (on Zoom). I have muted voices on FB too – some I agree with and some I don’t – if they promote hate or ridicule others. Bill and I have a group of 4 other couples we have been friends with for at least 40 years. The 4 other couples have a different political affiliation than we do, but for some reason, it doesn’t cause a rift in our relationships. We can even joke about politics. W do all have the same Father. Let us promote love, not hate or division.

]]> By: Theresa Boedeker https://lisanotes.com/come-together-if-far-apart/#comment-317861 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:08:38 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=24380#comment-317861 It’s helpful for me to remind myself we are all different. Have different opinions. Are at different places in life and in our growth process. And God loves us all. I won’t convince someone of anything or even have a conversation with them if I don’t first have a relationship with them. If we don’t respect each other and listen to each other.

]]> By: Martha Jane Orlando https://lisanotes.com/come-together-if-far-apart/#comment-317860 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:33:57 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=24380#comment-317860 Lisa, I remind myself often that we are all God’s children, and that we should treat one another with respect and dignity. I do wish things weren’t so polarized right now, but with God’s help, we can recover and truly be one nation under God.
Blessings!

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