A New Idea...

A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous,

and then dismissed as trivial, 

until finally it becomes what everybody knows. 

- William James

Sometimes much of what we feel and sense as a reality is more about our perception of the situation than anything else. I've been reading What We Say Matters by Judith Lasater. One part of this book focuses on Please and Thank Yous. She writes, 

"Think of a time in the last couple of days when you said something in irritation to someone close to you such as, "Why are you so late?" Translate your irritation into a "please" statement... 'Please hear how afraid I felt when you did not come home and you did not call me to say that you were OK."

Interesting how this works based on the fact that all humans have needs and when they aren't being met, it makes us upset.