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The Strength to See Differently

True strength isn’t standing your ground—it’s seeing beyond it. Leadership, faith, and relationships thrive when we trade pride for perspective and choose understanding.

I used to think that strength meant standing your ground no matter what.

You plant your flag. You don’t back down.

But I’ve learned that real strength isn’t always about winning the argument but about widening your perspective.

It’s about recognizing that what seems obvious to you might look completely different from where someone else stands.

I often ask our PRAY.COM team, “Would you rather win or be right?” 

Willing to be wrong opens up more avenues for winning. 

But if I dig my heels in and refuse to see other perspectives, I narrow my options. 

Understanding someone else’s view isn’t surrender; it’s gaining wisdom.

In every space—faith, family, business—we tend to fixate on our view and call it the truth.

And that’s where most breakdowns begin.
Disagreements get personal.
Dialogue shuts down.

We focus so much on being right that we forget to be relational.

But when you take even one step toward someone else’s experience, you don’t lose clarity; you gain it.

Empathy builds bridges. 

James 1:19 says, “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.”

That’s a strategy for building trust, unity, and influence; a blueprint for navigating conflict with character.

We’ve got enough division in the world.

Be the person who builds connections instead of conflict.
Be the leader who listens—not just with his ears, but with his heart.

That’s how families grow stronger.
That’s how teams thrive.
That’s how faith becomes more than words.

You don’t need to agree to respect. You need humility to understand.

There’s nothing soft about humility.

It takes discipline to step out of your own frame and seek out another’s by asking,

“What do you see from where you’re standing?”

It takes courage.
It takes self-control.
And it leads to deeper relationships, smarter decisions, and stronger communities.

Your influence grows when your perspective stretches.

Next time you feel the urge to argue or dismiss, pause.
Breathe.
Trade reaction for reflection.

Because the truth is rarely black or white. It’s in the middle.

And when we choose empathy and listen with purpose, we don’t just see the world more clearly, we change it for the better.

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