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Objecting and Rejecting

When someone objects to our perspective we equate it with rejection. That is, we equate the intent and experience them as one and the same. Maybe, it’s the way the viewpoint is said or it’s our inability to hear the real intent. In either case, another’s objection of our opinion is often experienced as a rejection of us – not our viewpoint.

If someone is objecting to your perspective, what do you know for sure that she or he is also rejecting about you?

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