{"id":202,"date":"2012-09-05T16:01:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T20:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redchairblogs.wpengine.com\/holymoly\/?p=202"},"modified":"2012-09-05T16:01:52","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T20:01:52","slug":"getting-to-know-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/2012\/09\/05\/getting-to-know-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to Know You"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you. <\/em>
\n Getting to like you, Getting to hope you like me. <\/em>
\n Getting to know you, Putting it my way, But nicely, <\/em>
\n You are precisely, My cup of tea\u2026<\/em>
\n Getting to know you, Getting to feel free and easy<\/em>
\n When I am with you, Getting to know what to say <\/em>
\n Haven’t you noticed Suddenly I’m bright and breezy? <\/em>
\n Because of all the beautiful and new Things I’m learning about you <\/em>
\n Day by day.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Do you remember when it was easy to get to know new people? As the new school year starts the \u201cGetting to Know You\u201d form at preschool asks for your favorite color, favorite food, what you like to do at home, and who lives in your house.\u00a0 These days when I meet new people I tell them about my work at the college and my family and then try to share who I am as well.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure I know what my favorite color is because it doesn\u2019t say anything about who I am.\u00a0 I want people to know that I value trust and openness, education and spiritual practice, honesty and \u201cbeing real\u201d and most of all pursuing dreams and living out whom I am created to be.<\/p>\n

Meeting new people gets more complicated when you want to be known by more than your titles and job descriptions. Getting to \u201cfeel free and easy\u201d with folks and getting to \u201cknow what to say\u201d takes significant effort and some time. One of the greatest and scariest things about a college campus is that the population changes so significantly every year. It\u2019s wonderful in that there are always fresh ideas and new energy, but it is hard in that we need to constantly engage in new relationships.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite ways to open prayers is \u201cGod who knows us more fully than we know ourselves.\u201d\u00a0 I believe it is a basic human desire to know others and be known fully.\u00a0 We all have surface relationships, and most of us have taken that a step farther removed with \u201cFacebook friends,\u201d but count yourself lucky and blessed if you have three or four friends who truly know you.<\/p>\n

The biggest hurdle I have in meeting new people, besides being an introvert (I really am), is the desire to be liked. We change our behavior in order to be liked, \u201cto be your cup of tea.\u201d\u00a0 You may feel the need to explain which higher education institution you are affiliated with in Lynchburg when folks question your politics or your academics. We want to be seen in the best light we can, but trying to be liked so often shades who we portray ourselves to be. It stops us from being truly known because we fear being disliked if we really share.<\/p>\n

As we enter into this new time of meeting people, I encourage you all to reflect on who you really are and what you want people to see in you.\u00a0 It\u2019s easier just to live that daily and from the beginning.\u00a0 I pray that we all live each \u201cday by day\u201d as we are created to live.<\/p>\n

Blessings,<\/p>\n

Stephanie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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