Wonderful advice as always. I am often a baby and occasionally, willfully ignorant. But to your overarching point within the context of the Israeli Hamas war: My husband and I are Jewish which makes it very important these days to keep in mind, when I am in conversations with people about the current state of affairs in the Middle East, not to immediately label them as "wrong" or "willfully ignorant" but instead, at least for a moment, consider that they may be the baby and reflect on who I am as well. As far as the book goes, I am getting a copy for my daughter who just had her third baby! Great book recommendation!!!
So glad you enjoyed this one Celia. Yes - that moment when we want to label someone as "wrong" is a powerful one. We can leap into it with "if they knew what I know then they wouldn't think this way" or allow enough space to seek to understand them. I always appreciate your comments here.
Such a great reflection. I absolutely LOVE children's picture books and I will definitely look for this one at my library. I think I will read it with my husband, and then when one of us unknowingly hurts each other, we can say "Sorry......I guess I was just being a baby." No raging, no pulling away, no suppressing of irritation. We can remedy the misinterpreted situation with "Sorry......I was just being a baby."
Wonderful advice as always. I am often a baby and occasionally, willfully ignorant. But to your overarching point within the context of the Israeli Hamas war: My husband and I are Jewish which makes it very important these days to keep in mind, when I am in conversations with people about the current state of affairs in the Middle East, not to immediately label them as "wrong" or "willfully ignorant" but instead, at least for a moment, consider that they may be the baby and reflect on who I am as well. As far as the book goes, I am getting a copy for my daughter who just had her third baby! Great book recommendation!!!
So glad you enjoyed this one Celia. Yes - that moment when we want to label someone as "wrong" is a powerful one. We can leap into it with "if they knew what I know then they wouldn't think this way" or allow enough space to seek to understand them. I always appreciate your comments here.
Such a great reflection. I absolutely LOVE children's picture books and I will definitely look for this one at my library. I think I will read it with my husband, and then when one of us unknowingly hurts each other, we can say "Sorry......I guess I was just being a baby." No raging, no pulling away, no suppressing of irritation. We can remedy the misinterpreted situation with "Sorry......I was just being a baby."
I love that!
That book sounds really cool and you integrated into everyday life so well.
Thank you so much Marsha!