Sex and Shaun White
Can we separate the man from the actions?
I found this interesting
I go through life asking questions and thinking about things. I love the Olympics and I even had my own Olympic dreams — but they were just that, dreams. Each year I live out my Olympics dreams through the athletes!
This morning as I read the paper, a story about Shaun White and #metoo situation. The article stated that he was asked about his personal creating #metoo experience.
Shaun dismissed the comment with, it was “gossip”. Well usually gossip doesn’t end in a legal settlement. Just sayin’.
Yes, he handled the question poorly.
Keep Your Privates, Private
As a parent, part of my sex education teaching is simple: keep your privates, private. I expand that idea here to the reporters interviewing an Olympic Gold Medalist, let Shaun White keep his privates private and interview him on his achievement.
Or I suppose we could just go around asking everyone if their sex lives are healthy.
Now before I have people jumping all in my shit about this very heated, emotional, layered topic, let me say this: every person needs to take full responsibility for their actions. Let’s say that again plus more.
- Every person needs to take personal responsibility.
- Keep your privates, private.
- There is a time and a place for everything.
- There is space for forgiveness.
- We are not our past mistakes/experiences.
- We can f-up and fix it to the best of our abilities.
How do you want to be remembered?
I ask myself this question as part of my daily practice. How do I want people to remember me?
It gives my life a transparency that is beautifully freeing.
I can live fully knowing that I extend grace, forgive, and love. I’m not always successful. Remember, I ask lots of questions, then find the answers, then process that information hopefully followed by some kind of understanding, compassion with the curiosity. It takes time, sometimes years.
