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Life is all about lessons and learning. That's why we are here folks! Part of that lesson is the understanding that two things can be true at the same time and more often than not, they are. Why has everything become so polar opposite where you can only believe one thing to be true when really, many things can be true at the same exact time. We live in a world where everything appears to be one way or the other, this or that, when the truth is most of us don't see life that way. We live in the and.

Not sure what that means?  Well here you go - you can can be in deep grief and also find beauty in the world at the same time.  These two things can be true just as equally living parallel to each other. The feeling of grief and this feeling of awe can exist at the same time. That is a much different statement than saying one can be in deep grief but also find beauty in the world.  That makes the experience separate with one feeling almost trying to negate the other when both are true.  

You can be brave and scared at the same time. 

If we all start using the word and where there now tends to be an period, imagine how many conversations could be de-escalated, how many discussions would remain flowing, how much more room there would be for truth? Most likely quite a bit would change! 

Where in life are you putting a 'but' an 'or' or even a period in statements where an AND aught to be? Be cognizant of the words you use, they matter more than you realize.