The Twelfth Practice

Alright, I am pleased to write that I am on the last practice in my book, "The Art of Possibility". I must say that I absolutely love this book, despite how wordy it is. The book that I read before it, "Daring Greatly", was basically a research with a little bit of heart and a lot of words I wasn't sure I understood. Although it had some very great messages packed into it, I believe that "the Art of Possibility" has much more meaning and better examples since the writing is much more straightforward and the examples are from the personal lives of the two authors who wrote the book.

But I am not writing this blog to compare and contrast my two most recent reads; I'm writing this blog to share the twelfth practice of creating the Art of Possibility. Although the other practices are just as important and as riveting as this practice, I believe any of the practices should be shared and this practice is much more fresh in my mind. Here is a good quote from the book summing up the twelfth practice:
"The WE story defines a human being in a specific way: It says we are our central selves seeking to contribute, naturally engaged, forever in a dance with each other."

You are probably wondering to yourself what on earth could this mean? How can this outlook apply to anything? Well, if you look around you you'll see that not everyone gets along as well as they could or should. There are spouses fighting, politicians pointing fingers, and wars raging out there. The twelfth practice is the practice of replacing the sense of "us versus them" with the concept of "we". It can be difficult to see that some people are not "monsters" or foes or competition, but people or love and are loved and are human. By applying the concept of "we", we acknowledge that the people we have turned on may not share our values, but they are "central selves" that want to have healthy relationships and contribute to society in their own way. By applying this practice, we can all stop posing ourselves against each other and become a part of the same side.

It really is practice worth practicing!