tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353391130557632723.post2733346411665173529..comments2024-03-25T21:10:45.516-06:00Comments on hikerrev: Groupshikerrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386543205127710143noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353391130557632723.post-9304177779489151212010-09-28T08:37:02.946-06:002010-09-28T08:37:02.946-06:00This is something I've felt keenly ever since ...This is something I've felt keenly ever since I was a kid. Some of it was based on an internal negative perspective that I'd internalized via bullying. <br /><br />I've always felt that there are some people that I 'click' with and some that I don't. But it's not something static. People change, situations change, places change, and the click is no longer there. It's been hard this year, living in a different place, moving in and out of feeling at home.<br /><br />Sometimes it's about people excluding themselves, or rejecting the idea of belonging to a certain group. Sometimes it's about being consciously excluded by the group. It's not easy, and usually extremely painful. What one of my friends in Buffalo has suggested is remembering that each person is exactly that: a person, with wants and needs and joys and sorrows and struggles. That person deserves to be treated with respect. And being who we are, we aren't always consistent in behaving that way.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323055507068290433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353391130557632723.post-70719690610314445642010-09-27T21:34:29.844-06:002010-09-27T21:34:29.844-06:00I think some of it is unconscious bias - so people...I think some of it is unconscious bias - so people in the church may not know it even exists - but those who come from the outside can feel it.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com