WHAT???

I was reading through a bunch of Facebook entries today and came across this one:

“It’s hard for me to understand how you don’t understand.”

I thought about the statement for a while and pondered if it might be more profound than one might consider at first glance.

In a business where frustration is often the rule of the day, is part of the challenge to understand is the simple fact that we often don't understand others? We each come to this point in time from our own frame of reference: our own life experiences and we often are confounded when others don't get what we are saying or communicating to them.

The challenge for us is to first seek to understand others so we can then better empathize with their situation. Much of our strength as law enforcement officers is derived from our ability to seek first to understand others. It is a gift that most folks will never truly......understand.