Some thought on react, enact, …
‘Always walk twice as far as a sister or brother asks you to…’
and wondered what it can mean?
Then I stumbled over this actual-meaning-walking-extra-mile-3 (by Anand James D), which basically states
1 yes, others might treat u unfairly, yet treat them generously. walk with the soldier the extra mile – one more time
2 thru such a conversational walk with implied patience u get to know the soldier better; his worries
3 in working context this walk can be the relation btw designer/consultant <-> customer
Yes, this extra walk takes time, work and patience. Sometime even leaving our comfort zone..
Probably the first question which pops up is why bother? Where is my gain? Is it a toxic space – is it worth exposing myself to is? Where is my ‘win’?
The catch22 here is actually pretty dazzling.. once you have made up to go the extra mile you already have decided that there is something ‘bad/wrong/evil’ in the other 🙂
Yet for me this is a reminder that the other can be work and the walk might spark more light than I can imagine right now…