Questions that I’m asking of myself indirectly when I ask others:
- Where do you want to wield more power? How?
- For the sake of what/who? (FSOWW?)
- How does my relationship to power relate to my teaching commitment?
- How can I support you? (How would I like support from others? From whom?)
The relating of my relationships also is a doorway into the kaleidoscope where my perceptions beget my realities.
I want to be heard and seen, therefore to be believed. At this moment, I still balance how much to say or leave unsaid of my experiences and worldviews with a desire to say things without having to defend, justify or give proof. Instead to state and be listened to, to be believed by my siblings even if their beliefs are otherwise . To have a reception that acknowledges the differences in our feelings and ideas, different beliefs and convictions that do not deny, suffocate nor diminish either person’s perceptions since these are our own realities, highly subjective. Such subtlety would foster more intimacy, more connection, more affirmation.
washing dishes: a father’s glimpses 