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6.25 Work to Understand or Be Understood · Just Enough Joy

Sarahn: Hello beautiful people. Today is June 25th and today's calendar challenge is work to understand or be understood. As you know, our theme this month is celebrate connection. So we're investing in learning more and loving more. With those around us, those that make up our village and our communities. When we work to understand others and allow ourselves to be understood, it creates joy because it fulfills one of our deepest human needs, which is the desire to connect. Authentically, it transforms our relationships when we are understood and when we understand. It reduces our loneliness because being truly seen and heard reminds us that we are not alone in our experiences, our struggles, or our dreams. And it expands our world because others' new perspectives, stories, and ways of thinking create curiosity, wonder, and joy in our lives. Sometimes we're so focused on being understood that we don't think to understand. And some of us need to be understood more because we spend too much time understanding and we don't give ourselves the priority of being understood. Communication is a two way street. And when both people are seen Are felt or understood, it creates a sense of belonging and it invites in deeper connection. So joy grows when we move from judgment to curiosity and from being heard and being truly understood. Today, spend a little time understanding and being understood. Just enough is more than enough, Saran says.