tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post4249583141078756714..comments2023-08-23T08:27:08.039-04:00Comments on UU A Way Of Life: Is personhood real or just a social construction?David G. Markhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-76653771681605703072014-06-11T21:25:24.266-04:002014-06-11T21:25:24.266-04:00Wonderful article. I have often felt and thought t...Wonderful article. I have often felt and thought this stuff but never had the words for it. Reminds me of George Herbert Mead's idea of the looking glass self. Who would we know who we were if we did not see ourselves in the eyes of other people? As the bumper sticker says, "People don't think of you as often as you think of them thinking of you."Brad Jergensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-76666395591951152312014-06-11T13:16:27.556-04:002014-06-11T13:16:27.556-04:00Linda McCullough Moore wrote in her story, On My W...Linda McCullough Moore wrote in her story, On My Way Now, in the April, 2014 issue of The Sun:<br /><br />"My parents got married. I wish I could somehow get inside their marriage and take the things apart and spread the pieces out across the table, to have some idea of what help it together in the first place." p.21David G. Markhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-45674726407545561022014-06-11T13:10:55.757-04:002014-06-11T13:10:55.757-04:00It is an interesting idea about the witness that w...It is an interesting idea about the witness that watches our bodies grow, our thoughts change, our feelings shift, our personality change, our social status rise and fall, our multiple identities circulate and then dissipate. <br /><br />It seems that some people have a more highly developed witness that others and they experience more agency in developing preferences, focus and choices. If the "inherent worth and dignity" of a person resides in the witness and the witness is made up of mindfulness, self awareness, and agency how can Unitarian Universalism and our worship and practices enhance the witness?Chris O'Connornoreply@blogger.com