Recently, I was talking to a friend of mine who has been a practicing dentist for 35 years. I'll call him 'Dr. Bob'. Dr. Bob was telling me of a patient of his, a 34-year-old man, who had literally been seeing him his entire life.
On one of his last visits, this patient told Dr. Bob that he had googled him to find out what his political views were. His patient looked at him and said "You're one of those tree-hugging environmentalists, aren't you?". Dr. Bob acknowledged that he was; and knew by the way his patient said this, that he may be in for a bit of a discussion. But his patient instead told him, "Eh, you're ok, anyway."
After telling me this story, Dr. Bob made a good point: all it takes is a long-lasting relationship with someone to overcome political differences.
Now I think of that story whenever I encounter someone who I don't see eye to eye with.
_______ of the day: What do we have to lose?
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