So, I think I have been processing being back in Prague in different stages. At first it was just super exciting to be back in Prague – I was on cloud nine. Then there were moments of feeling a bit awkward and remembering that we are still in process here, as I wrote about before. Tonight I was processing another feeling I’ve felt, a lot, off and on since we’ve been back…
There is a whole world of experiences and feelings and ups and downs that I went through during our time in the states that people here don’t know about. There is a whole side of me that people here don’t know and that I haven’t really had opportunity to tell them about. Not that I would want to tell everyone every detail of the trip and what happened on it but I feel this need to express at least some of it somehow to someone. I also feel like there are three months of experiences and feelings and ups and downs that my friends here have experienced that I don’t know about. But, I’ve found that getting at the heart of 3 months of life (or any time period in life) doesn’t come easy. It’s not like I can just jump into sharing the real heart issues that I experienced in the last 3 months, and I’m sure others can’t either. Disclosures of self require being asked the right questions. That’s something I’ve been realizing. I don’t feel like I’ve been asked the right questions to pull out of me the real heart issues of the trip but I want to share them. And I don’t feel like I’ve asked the right questions in order to free others up to share with me the real heart issues of their last 3 months either. I don’t know that I know what questions to ask, but I want to know people on more than just a surface level.
Lord, teach me the right questions. Make me a good question asker.
Rejoicing in the journey -
Beth Stedman
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I’d be interested in finding out what those questions are. Is it more about asking or more about listening and wanting to know that person?
Cara, I’m not sure that I know what the right questions are either – and I think the questions that are needed to get someone to open up probably vary depending on the person and the situation. But, I’m realizing that if you ask a vague question, for example “how are you?” or “how was your trip?” you are going to get vague, surface level answers. I think getting people to open up on a heart level requires asking them deeper, more specific questions. And your right, it’s important that the person then listens. But, if the questions aren’t asked to begin with no matter how much a person may listen they might never get another person to really open up… at least that’s what I’m starting to think…