A short spoken reflection by George Kao about how focusing on appreciated aspects of others can reveal change, increase enjoyment, and grow love. Using his observations while visiting a park, Kao encourages attending to positive details rather than fixating on perceived unchanging flaws.
Can people really change? If we've known someone for a long time and we have certain ideals for them, areas in their behavior life that we feel like they just aren't fulfilling their potential, we might just focus on those things and say, well, they never change. And yet we miss out on a huge spectrum of their character, parts of which we don't even realize have changed a lot. I'm here at this park. It's been a couple years since I've been here. Some of the things I do recognize and say, oh, that's the same. And then yet there's other parts, like I'm here at this part of the park that I've never been before. And I'm sure things have changed probably quite a lot since I've been here, if I were willing to notice more of the details. So anyway, that old saying goes, what we focus on expands in our hearts and minds. So I just, I guess this is an encouragement to myself that. To focus on the aspects of others that I appreciate, because there always are aspects. And if I can focus on that, it increases my enjoyment of who they are and my love, naturally, my love for them. Anyway, thanks for watching.
