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Judgments about others can change our world

cell phone rings and Mom’s name flashes on the screen. “I’m ashamed of myself,” she whispers into the phone. “Oh, hi Mom, about what?” I ask. My mother typically begins our phone conversations as if we have been talking for a while. “I played bridge today and was stuck with a real dud for a partner. Her name was Alice and she barely talked to me. She couldn’t keep her mind on anything but kept checking her cell phone, which never rang by the way, which is why I don’t want one.” Good call about the cell phone, I assure her. Maybe not such a good call about Alice, though, I think to myself. A bit of back story: My mother has a tendency to […]
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