from Dear Movement Teacher,
"The shift where I went from resenting him to my awakening that wow, this person is so correct was swift. I realized yes, this is a naked reality about myself that I have to address even if part of me is still cranky. It was a relief to see that maybe someone's dislike of me wasn't intractable, and to own up to the fact that a person who dislikes me isn't automatically to be dismissed, because: sometimes I am deeply dislikable."
"Letting someone you don't really like surprise you is evolved, and that would have been impossible if you didn't have the humility I wasn't giving you credit for. I was so caught up in your being wrong about me that I hadn't honestly taken you in. It's so transparent how willing we are to dismiss the intelligence of someone who rejects us, as though that renders them incapable of sound judgment."
