Light and Darkness

Today the amount of daylight in my city will be ten hours and twenty six minutes. In Bangor, Maine, it will be nine hours and three minutes. That’s a big difference. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy living in south Texas. If we look at these difference from a different perspective we can apply the concept of length of daylight to us and those we interact with. At any given time when we are interacting with family, friends, or colleagues, we’ll have a different perspective over an issue. There may be times when we wonder if the other person is nuts, stubborn, or stupid because they cannot see our point of view, Even when we carefully explain it to them we see a glaze of not understanding cover their eyes. Rather than arguing our point of view (more daylight versus less daylight), we might work to understand how far ahead they can see. Once we determine that, we can modify what we’re communicating to communicate in a way they understand. The amount of daylight distance between us is the product of many influencing factors. Let’s cut each other some slack.