Ingrained habits are present through repetition, thousands and thousands of repetitions.
Changing our own habits occurs through awareness and then retraining our thoughts.
When a new idea is introduced, it comes up against the old habits.
A cultural norm is the result of centuries of tradition.
When differing cultures meet, the ingrained habits are introduced to one another.
Although a polite conversation could follow, that has not been the reaction of the past.
However, a new sense of the “rightness” of each culture for its time and place is emerging.
A shift to mental and intellectual consideration is beginning to override the visceral fears.
As many communities embrace several cultures, so the world is being introduced to that idea.
A measurement of school test scores shows that diversity is a strong positive influence, including in formerly low performing schools, as in (Clinton, Mississippi).
In places where everyone feels supported and safe, the time and energy devoted to fear is used to cultivate strong relationships in local economies instead.
Selective relationships within exclusive groups bring everyone down.
The abundance of many more thousands of connections creates invigorating expression and expands productive and harmonious activity.
We are given choices every day to create more expansive relationships, which, with repetition, will become new habits of consciousness.
© 2017 Kathryn Hardage
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