In dialogue we live. When we decide consciously how we desire to live our relationship to
dialogue is determined. Openness, invitation, inquiry are the pieces we easily name. But sincerely
the test is in the times of difficulty. . . when our identities and convictions are contested,
when we are afraid, insecure, uncertain, challenged. At that point intercultural dialogue
means being prepared and willing to 'rewire' our thoughts, tendencies, habits and instincts.
It means being 'ready-made' for the event of a new encounter without presuming that it will
be comfortable, convenient, safe. In those moments we need to be self-aware and wholly committed
to keeping peace inside and out. Intercultural dialogue is always, all the time, if we think
thoroughly, but too often we dont. Intercultural dialogue can be the revealer of our deepest
doubts, or the gift of having thought beyond what comes 'natural.' The choice is ours to make,
the work is ours to do, but the gift of it is what we share.
In dialogue we live. When we decide consciously how we desire to live our relationship to dialogue is determined. Openness, invitation, inquiry are the pieces we easily name. But sincerely the test is in the times of difficulty... when our identities and convictions are contested, when we are afraid, insecure, uncertain, challenged. At that point intercultural dialogue means being prepared and willing to 'rewire' our thoughts, tendencies, habits and instincts. It means being 'ready-made' for the event of a new encounter without presuming that it will be comfortable, convenient, safe. In those moments we need to be self-aware and wholly committed to keeping peace inside and out. Intercultural dialogue is always, all the time, if we think thoroughly, but too often we dont. Intercultural dialogue can be the revealer of our deepest doubts, or the gift of having thought beyond what comes 'natural.' The choice is ours to make, the work is ours to do, but the gift of it is what we share.

Intercultural dialogue : when you understand a stranger, when you guess the soul of a person
who comes from a long distance, when you feel close to someone very different from you , when
you discover you have so much to tell to someone who doesn't speak your language.
Dialogul intercultural : atunci cand intelegi un strain, cand ghicesti sufletul unei persoane care vine de departe, cand te simti aproape de cineva diferit de tine , cand descoperi cat de multe ai de povestit cuiva care nu-ti vorbeste limba.