“Mum, can I pleeeeeaaaaase go to the beach? Everyoneis going!”
How many times you’ve heard your children raising the seemingly magic wand of ‘everyone’?
When there’s a need to give more weight to a request or desire, the use of ‘everyone’ becomes frequent.
Where is this coming from?
I invite you to explore it together.
When we lived in tribal times we couldn’t survive without the tribe.
Our psyche remembers the necessity of the group.
We still need our “tribe” . We need communities.
Let’s look at this dynamic of “everyone” from both child and parent’s point of views.
When we grow up, we might forget that things are not the same.
The fear of loneliness plays role in the culture of everyone.
The question we need to ask is how we can develop our own voice to allow our sovereignty and how can we give ourselves permission to trust it.
In our fear of isolation, we allow the power of others to take over our own.
During the course of our lives, we might join groups without really checking if they suit us.
Suzuki sensei’s words “Man is a son of his environment” guides us to see the reflections in groups.
When we become a part of a group the group becomes our environment.
As adults we can teach ourselves toinquire and investigate before we say ‘yes’ to the notion of everyone.
Can you find in your heart the courage to think differently.
You don’t have to shout it loudly; there’s enough noise in the world.
Your voice will be reflected in your actions, in your smile, in the way you walk and talk, in your listening. Step by step you create a new culture; one that substitutes the‘culture of everyone’.
And the beauty in it is that by this you inspire others to do the same.
And all of you create a new container of listening, respecting, curious of each other without the need to always agree.
I feel that we are ready for it. As a matter of fact we don’t have much choice but doing it.
It’s not whose voice is louder. It’s who is more loving in the deep sense of the word.
When I was first introduced to Suzuki Talent Education, Ithought that in the future this will become a main stream education.
After more than 50 years I realised it wasn’t the case.
When I see children, parents and teachers who come to my studio and to the workshops and events around the world, I’m reminded over and over again that the group and the time together creates a huge change that lasts until the next time we meet.
Now I see it doesn’t have to be a main stream way in order to have an impact on so many people.
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