“You meet a new person, you go with him and suddenly you get a whole new city…you go down new streets, you see houses you never saw before, pass places you didn’t even know were there. Everything changes.”
― Samuel R. Delany
A new city (or country or universe) exists for each person we meet. I find that to be amazing and true. If we allow ourselves to be open to another person’s point of view than even something we’ve seen hundreds of times before becomes new or different. Things like a particular flower or tree that we’ve never noticed becomes something unique and wonderful when its shown to us by an enthusiastic gardener. Even the way we walk or the direction we walk in can change through exposure to someone else’s vision.
Not every country or view that comes from another will be a happy one. Some will disturb us and some may even disgust us. When that happens I try to get to know the other person and immerse myself in their world even more. There is gold there to be mined if only that of gaining new perspective on the land we come from. Of course there are times when the land another shows us may be too much for us and therein lie the largest lessons of all
Blessings, G
0 thoughts on “Quote of the Day – December 13 2012”
Wise words – when I have visitors from other countries I hang on their observations of my city and social milieu. They see things that I have forgotten or never knew – it’s hard to remember what one sees when first entering a new environment – we so rapidly absorb and contain …
Understanding or knowing a person open up insight to physical as well as social aspect. Physical is easier but customs,norms and rituals, that needs to be experienced for realization of that core feel. Cities were not built in a single day, the time it took is the ages it witnessed as a natural process..understanding that is a bit difficult..but possible :))
Is the physical easier — seems to me so many of us have a set number of things we do in bed regardless of who we’re with.. We may adapt according to their stated preferences but few of us engage enough to truly pleasure another person, learning their bodies, all their buttons — even when they exist outside of our usual experience
Wise words – when I have visitors from other countries I hang on their observations of my city and social milieu. They see things that I have forgotten or never knew – it’s hard to remember what one sees when first entering a new environment – we so rapidly absorb and contain …
Thank you 🙂
new perspective, whether good or bad, is always a learning experience – good post
Thank you… i guess for me i tend to be a perspective junkie
Understanding or knowing a person open up insight to physical as well as social aspect. Physical is easier but customs,norms and rituals, that needs to be experienced for realization of that core feel. Cities were not built in a single day, the time it took is the ages it witnessed as a natural process..understanding that is a bit difficult..but possible :))
Is the physical easier — seems to me so many of us have a set number of things we do in bed regardless of who we’re with.. We may adapt according to their stated preferences but few of us engage enough to truly pleasure another person, learning their bodies, all their buttons — even when they exist outside of our usual experience
hmmmm