{"id":6322,"date":"2021-03-06T17:10:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T16:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/?p=6322"},"modified":"2021-03-06T17:10:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T16:10:53","slug":"to-do-to-have-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/en\/to-do-to-have-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"To do, to have & to be"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cWhat do you do?\u201d is an acceptable and politically correct question for all circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But once we replace \u201cto do\u201d and \u201cto have\u201d with \u201cto be\u201d, it\u2019s a whole different universe. Not the same ballgame at all. We are relating to others on an entirely different level. That is, if the person we are speaking to even wants to have the conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To the question \u201cWho are you?\u201d, most people answer: \u201cI\u2019m a doctor, a coach, an engineer, a hairdresser or a researcher.\u201d All the things they DO, but not what they ARE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet, we are Human Beings, not Human Havings or Human Doings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The verb \u201cto be\u201d is at its most powerful when unaccompanied. Like its friend \u201cto love\u201d. \u201cI love you\u201d is sufficiently powerful on its own. It is only diminished when we add something like \u201ca lot\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be\u201d without any justification at all has the same power because all the packaging has been removed. Only the essence remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about you? Who are you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat do you do?\u201d is an acceptable and politically correct question for all circumstances. But once we replace \u201cto do\u201d and \u201cto have\u201d with \u201cto be\u201d, it\u2019s a whole different universe. Not the same ballgame at all. We are relating to others on an entirely different level. That is, if the person we are speaking to even wants to have the conversation. To the question \u201cWho are you?\u201d, most people answer: \u201cI\u2019m a doctor, a coach, an engineer, a hairdresser or a researcher.\u201d All the things they DO, but not what they ARE. And yet, we are Human Beings, not Human Havings or Human Doings. The verb \u201cto be\u201d is at its most powerful when unaccompanied. Like its friend \u201cto love\u201d. \u201cI love you\u201d is sufficiently powerful on its own. It is only diminished when we add something like \u201ca lot\u201d. \u201cTo be\u201d without any justification at all has the same power because all the packaging has been removed. Only the essence remains. What about you? Who are you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2289],"tags":[3060,3061,3059],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n