September 26, 2015

SUBJECT-OBJECT

Martin Buber, a Jewish spiritual leader,

called us to treat each other as subjects -

never objects. Do some deep thinking

on this? Here is a person or here is a

thing. Ooooooh! It makes a big difference.
That’s why I hate describing someone

as toxic or dysfunctional - but I keep

hearing others described as such.

Martin taught us to pause and see how

we see each other: I-Thou or I-It?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2015