This weekend I had the opportunity to go to a stake conference. One of the speakers was a girl named Jalene from Texas. As she got up she said something very interesting, "As I stand before you today I ask that you look at me through Heavenly Father's eyes and not your own." That made me step back and think of how many times I judge people without even knowing them. They saying goes you judge a book by its cover but I beg to differ. There are more than 7 billion people in the world and each has a formula. A formula made up of mannerisms, personality, and experiences that makes their life a unique story. Why not put in a little effort to figure out what those stories are about and learn something from it?
As our team presented on Thursday, I thought about how we were being critiqued and given feedback. Everything that our classmates and my professor were seeing was the material we were presenting and how we presented it. There was no way they could know about our lives or things we are going through in our lives at this time. My take away is to be who you are and get to know people. Don't simply take what people say once or a certain action as a definition of that person. Spend time to figure out their story.
Here is an article about Charismatic People. Check it out and see what can help you get to know people better.
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