As readers, we are constantly experiencing “firsts”. If we are not prepared, they can throw us for a loop or effect our confidence. I remember one “first” that caused me to question myself for a while. Upon some honest reflection, I learned something about myself and what I strive for in a reading.
Here’s what happened: A client wrote to tell me how disappointed she was with our reading, saying it was the most negative she’d ever had. I did not remember it as being negative. I thought aspects of the situation we were exploring were negative. In truth, I thought some of the client’s attitudes were self-defeating, but the reading was what I always strive for: honest, practical, and useful.
Two people experienced the same reading. Two very different opinions about that reading. As is often the case, I think we are both right. The apparent disagreement is due, quite simply, to using different definitions for the same word or phrase, in this case “negative reading.”
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