By Associate Member Barry Chodak
I was at a meeting the other night where I spoke with someone I’d known for a year or two, who I judged to be more establishment than MAGA. That night, he seemed to have changed. The things he said made more sense. I found it easier to talk with him without trying to change his mind or, worse, have him see the error of his ways.
The next day, I thought about the change. What I’d learned over years of work around transformation is that the things and people around you aren’t the ones that change. The transformation happens in you. Starting there, what changed? The answer was obvious. It’s the election, stupid.
Given how much time I’ve been devoting to politics and the conversations around it, my world has been about being right, better informed, and wiser than most people. Sure, I could see that more people were waking up to what I was seeing, but did they really get the depth of the problems, and the key areas to fix? Talk about righteous and judgmental, I was being that in spades, always looking for an argument or a chance to show how smart I was. The only places I could be at ease were gatherings with my MAGA buds. I was spending more and more time alone.
Now that I no longer need to push for a Trump election, I’m noticeably more relaxed. I don’t have to pick a fight ‘cause I’ve already won. Amazingly, the people around me are no longer a threat. I can listen to them and appreciate them. And that transformation could not have come at a better time of the year.
Best wishes for the Holidays
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