✨ Activity: Developing High Quality Connections

Our experiences influence our interpretations of others' behaviours.

For example, if you are a sleep deprived parent of young children, you could have felt empathetic for Janelle, who is obviously worn down and exhausted.  Or, maybe you felt understanding of Tom, whose behaviour mirrors your sibling, who lives with ADHD. 

Consider these questions:

• How does ethnicity, upbringing, and age impact how you see the world?
• How do your perceptions influence how you present yourself to the world, how you listen and what you hear?
• Have you considered whether or not you walk with power and privilege, and how this lens affects what you see and experience?
• How do assumptions influence cultivating HQCs?

Could your lived experiences influence what you see in this image?

Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay

The image portrays two side profiles of a person (in white) mirroring each other. From another point of view, this is an image of a black vase. 

After reviewing the actions to cultivate HQCs and reflecting on the image, which portrays different perspectives at the same time, continue to the next page to review scenario 1 again.