Key Board Wisdom
Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS
Did you ever take a good look at your key board? It has a great lesson on it just waiting to be noticed. One we may have overlooked for years!!!
The U and the I are right next to each other. And often they get confused.
One may mean to address the u and winds up instead connecting with the I.
The interesting thing is this happens in relationships too.
One thinks they are focusing on the other person (the u) but are often in their own space- Stuck in their own opinion or thought pattern. The U and the I get confused.
And here’s an even more interesting thing about the key board. The “we” is all the way over on the other side.
It cannot get tapped into inadvertently. It takes a conscious thought and effort to get there.
Yet, one need not be disheartened; It’s not like you have to lower yourself to get there. It’s along the same continuum. You just have to be open to having a wider view point.
Then slowly but surely if you make an effort and give it a little attention the “we” can be accessed.
And it certainly is worth it, because then you have the ability to communicate a whole other message rather than just I or U.
So too in life. If we are open to seeing things from another vantage point, people can let go of the importance of these single entities and can embrace a double entity. A WE. Which is combination that communicates something stronger than u or I alone. A united front.
Often people in a relationship have their one way of thinking or feeling, or they may experience their world a certain way. This makes them feel their way is right! But, it may just be right for them, while not right for the other person based on who the other person is, their past, and what matters to them.
However, when one allows for another perspective they can cross over and connect more.
Thus, the key board helps illuminate that when one is stuck thinking only about the I, then they are really just stuck, so to speak, hung up on their own “right”. Similar to being stuck on the right of the key board. And thus, stuck on what is right for a single I or u – and cannot get to the WE.
However, when this concept is “left”, then you can move away from being in the right, and go over to the WE.
So, use your key board wisdom:
“Delete” the focus on I and U.
“Shift” away from being stuck in the “right”.
Don’t look for “Escape”.
Access that “Return” button and move over to the W-E.
And certainly, don’t put a “space” between the W and the E! Get connected and stay connected!
Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com