Yesterday we considered the basis of Golemans’s Social Intelligence, the “wiring” of the human brain to connect with others, which in turn reflects what Christians have been taught for centuries, to “Love one another”.
As Goleman discusses in his chapter Broken Bonds, a variety of maladjusted personality types may be formed by genetic or environmental forces that create disconnections in the brain wiring of some people.
There are instances in which a person may be born lacking the brain chemistry to read emotions as displayed by others and thus be unable to connect or to bond. In other situations the people in our lives may have a negative effect on our ability to connect. Absent or emotionally cold caretakers may impact the brain circuitry of their charges leaving them feeling disconnected with the world and people in it.
This calls forth the need for compassion for all. As people living in this world it is easy to connect to people who respond in socially accepted or expected ways. But what about those who through no fault of their own may lack this ability. As living examples of Christ’s work in this world it becomes our responsibility to model Christ’s love as an example for disconnected people. We need to offer compassionate connections to all people, whether they connect to us in return or not. As Christ often chose to interact with people in his world who may have been considered less favourably by society, it is important for us to reach out to those less “favourable” people in our society. Will you chose to be a living example of Christ to the world? Perhaps your example of love will help reshape another persons brain wiring.
As Goleman discusses in his chapter Broken Bonds, a variety of maladjusted personality types may be formed by genetic or environmental forces that create disconnections in the brain wiring of some people.
There are instances in which a person may be born lacking the brain chemistry to read emotions as displayed by others and thus be unable to connect or to bond. In other situations the people in our lives may have a negative effect on our ability to connect. Absent or emotionally cold caretakers may impact the brain circuitry of their charges leaving them feeling disconnected with the world and people in it.
This calls forth the need for compassion for all. As people living in this world it is easy to connect to people who respond in socially accepted or expected ways. But what about those who through no fault of their own may lack this ability. As living examples of Christ’s work in this world it becomes our responsibility to model Christ’s love as an example for disconnected people. We need to offer compassionate connections to all people, whether they connect to us in return or not. As Christ often chose to interact with people in his world who may have been considered less favourably by society, it is important for us to reach out to those less “favourable” people in our society. Will you chose to be a living example of Christ to the world? Perhaps your example of love will help reshape another persons brain wiring.
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