Have You Read Me

The song Have you read me? is representative of interactions with people that have gone wrong. Navigating relationships with those that we care about can be complex and frustrating. It is so easy for one to misunderstand or be misunderstood.

 

"Years ago I preferred clever people. There was a joy in beholding...a mind...bearing thoughts quickly translated into words, or ideas expressed in a new way. I find now that my taste has changed. Verbal fireworks often bore me. They seem motivated by self-assertion and self-display. I now prefer another type of person; one who is considerate, understanding of others, careful not to break down another person's self-respect...My preferred person today is one who is always aware of the needs of others, or their pain and fear and unhappiness, and their search for self-respect...I once liked clever people. Now I like good people." 

Rabbi Solomon Bennett Freehof

 

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