“Some people make a difference, some people make you different.” ― Saleem Sharma
It's not every day that one read a book and it changed one's worldview.
After I came across George Lakoff's works on frame and metaphor, including his book Don't Think Of An Elephant, I no longer react the same way I used to, to people who have a different view than my own.
His works made me realize that we all have different mental frames. And that we don't see the same thing in the same way.
From parenting to foreign policies, two good people could have two opposing views.
Some believe in the strict father model of running a household, while others, in contrast, pursue the nurturance model of parenting.
Those who believe in the strict father model of parenting would also believe that the poor could work and earn for themselves without government supports and that a charity for them will only make them lazy. The proponents of this theory believe in giving tax relief for the rich.
While the advocates of the nurturance model of parenting opine that the rich should help the poor. And that the rich people should pay more taxes.
These two theories inevitably culminate into framing foreign policies differently, at times. Framing is about using the words and language that fit the worldview you already have.
This is something that had changed my perspectives about those who see things differently than I do.