PEOPLE ARE WHERE THEY ARE
Posted on September 12, 2013 by Diane Yowell, One of Thousands of Entrepreneurship Coaches on Noomii.
YOU ARE EXACTLY IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
“People are where they are – despite our desire for them to be further along, more evolved, more fun, closer to our level, less intimidating, more relatable, easier to access, or simply more like us.
If you take the desire for someone to be different out of the equation – you can meet them where they are. You can meet them in the real moment. You can meet them in their despair or their magnificence. And when you truly meet them, with no wishing for something different to wedge you apart, you’ll know what to do. You will have the compassion to be calming, the humility to be reverent, or the wisdom to walk away. The question becomes, how would you treat “wounded,” or “rage,” or “brilliance”? Not how would you help (or coerce, or plead with) someone be more healed, or less angry, or more down to earth. They are where they are. Consider the facts, spare yourself the desire for change. Remove the friction of wanting to improve them. And engage. It’s the only way change happens." via Danielle LaPorte (http://www.daniellelaporte.com/white-hot/meet-someone-exactly-where-they-are/)