Recently the S.A.Y. short film was featured at the Focus Film Festival in Chico. It was then also on Dave Hingsburger blog. Both were an incredible honor. The S.A.Y. presentations and the video are concluded with he Pledge of Personal Power by Dave Hingsburger.
Dave's blog's always has several comments. One of the commenters had objected to my releasing the video without having captions. I must admit my first reaction was hurt and perhaps irritation. I had just read comments praising Dave for inspiring us and no doubt many others, and comments praising the video, the SA.Y. program, etc. I was caught up in good feelings, gratitude for Dave, the S.A.Y. speakers, all those who make S.A.Y. great. The negative comment caught me off guard. I gave it some thought, read it several times, then replied.
After I had read it with the intention of truly understanding her point of view, I changed mine. It wasn't a negative comment. Can we really be offended because someone else is offended? Are we entitled to be hurt because someone has confided that they were hurt? Neither is even reasonable. I applied some of what I teach. It is peace we seek, not the desire to be right.
Besides, I have been working on captions for our various videos. I am horrible at it. But I am continuing to work on it. All of our videos (online and in our presentations) will eventually have captions. My reply assured her of all of that.
THEN, she thanked me. She also suggested that I supply transcripts of the videos in the meantime. It was her comment that a transcript will assist both those with hearing and sight impairments. Wow. Not only is that awesome, I hadn't thought of transcripts. But it also triggered me thinking of other agencies that might help. Those who don't suck at it as I do!!! So here, on my blog is a great big "Thank You, Andrea S." Her words may have been initially harsh, but so worth the outcome.
Dave's blog's always has several comments. One of the commenters had objected to my releasing the video without having captions. I must admit my first reaction was hurt and perhaps irritation. I had just read comments praising Dave for inspiring us and no doubt many others, and comments praising the video, the SA.Y. program, etc. I was caught up in good feelings, gratitude for Dave, the S.A.Y. speakers, all those who make S.A.Y. great. The negative comment caught me off guard. I gave it some thought, read it several times, then replied.
After I had read it with the intention of truly understanding her point of view, I changed mine. It wasn't a negative comment. Can we really be offended because someone else is offended? Are we entitled to be hurt because someone has confided that they were hurt? Neither is even reasonable. I applied some of what I teach. It is peace we seek, not the desire to be right.
Besides, I have been working on captions for our various videos. I am horrible at it. But I am continuing to work on it. All of our videos (online and in our presentations) will eventually have captions. My reply assured her of all of that.
THEN, she thanked me. She also suggested that I supply transcripts of the videos in the meantime. It was her comment that a transcript will assist both those with hearing and sight impairments. Wow. Not only is that awesome, I hadn't thought of transcripts. But it also triggered me thinking of other agencies that might help. Those who don't suck at it as I do!!! So here, on my blog is a great big "Thank You, Andrea S." Her words may have been initially harsh, but so worth the outcome.
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