By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
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Dear Hannah,
Life is a series of opportunities.
Here's how I approach life ...
I listen, because I don't listen well.
I am quiet, because I am not quiet.
I observe, because I can't see.
I know, because I know that I don't know.
I speak like no one else is ever going to speak for me.
I do like no one is ever going to do for me.
Life is a series of opportunities.
Here's how I approach life ...
I listen, because I don't listen well.
I am quiet, because I am not quiet.
I observe, because I can't see.
I know, because I know that I don't know.
I speak like no one else is ever going to speak for me.
I do like no one is ever going to do for me.
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Opportunities are always disguised as work.
This work always involves details.
This work always involves people.
I respect and engage details, because I
have paid a dear price for ignoring and
disrespecting them.
They show you what you cannot see.
They help you learn *that* you do not know ....
... by showing you *what* you do not know.
I also respect and engage people,
They show you what you cannot see.
They help you learn *that* you do not know ....
... by showing you *what* you do not know.
I also respect and engage people,
because I have paid a price for
ignoring and disrespecting them.
I engage people by observing how they
I engage people by observing how they
view and handle details.
People are quick to oversimplify and
People are quick to oversimplify and
minimize details.
In doing so, they exaggerate their
In doing so, they exaggerate their
own importance.
They believe that someone else should
They believe that someone else should
handle the details.
In doing so, they marginalize and disrespect
In doing so, they marginalize and disrespect
that person's role and essence.
They treat 'em like fractions.
Like "3/5 of a person" fractions.
My approach to life and opportunities can lead to conflict when collaborating.
When I co-labor, I demonstrate both my
They treat 'em like fractions.
Like "3/5 of a person" fractions.
My approach to life and opportunities can lead to conflict when collaborating.
When I co-labor, I demonstrate both my
commitment and expectations by
submitting to and engaging the
work's details.
I engage according to my abilities
I engage according to my abilities
and the opportunity's requirements.
My eyes observe the following - engaging
My eyes observe the following - engaging
*details* that people think are "beneath
them" leads them to treat *me* like I am
beneath them.
My spirit observes it differently
My spirit observes it differently
- engaging *details* that people
think are "beyond them" leads them
to treat *me* like I am beyond them.
Either way, this leads to the same mistreatment.
It results in the same marginalization
Either way, this leads to the same mistreatment.
It results in the same marginalization
and disrespect of me - and my important
work.
I accept this as a clear, sober warning
I accept this as a clear, sober warning
that I need to choose co-laborers
carefully.
Here's another sobering thought - I
Here's another sobering thought - I
have this experience often and
equally with Black and White people.
Selah.
Selah.
Love,
Daddy
Daddy
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