The sun sets on another day…
Ooops, another gray day, but that’s ok. I still had fun thinking about the colors high above. Imagination is a cool thing.
Here we go again. Vicious attacks all over the place. People so sure of themselves that they know they have to devastate anyone who disagrees with them. Families broken, friendships shattered, people alienated for nothing more then seeing the world differently. Don’t worry though, i am sure you’re right whatever your opinion is.
See how that works? I’m sure you’re right. Based on what you know and what you think you know I’m sure that whatever argument that you make is exactly what it should be. I’m sure that no one dare disagree simply because you were there, right?
It’s a tough question with all the division that’s out there right now. How many of us truly have firsthand information about anything that’s going on? How many of us are so sure of ourselves that there is no doubt that we are right?
Think you’re on the right side? So did the people behind the Spanish Inquisition. So did the people in Salem. So did the dictators from long ago who killed scientists for presenting new theories. So were the barbers who drained blood from everyone because that would make them well. And so it goes.
I’m not going to take a side, at least not in a public forum. Not because I’m not passionate about my beliefs but because I don’t have enough information about most of the things that everyone is so sure about. If you are so sure and you know there is no doubt, I think you need to reconsider your approach. I’m sitting here right now already tired of people disliking each other for no good reason.
There is hope. There is common ground out there. If people open their minds to possibilities, they might realize that some of the people who are dead set against each other are saying the same thing. Some of the people who hate hard actually need the people they hate so terribly. Now I know that’s not always true, but I also know that there is common ground with all of us and if we can open our minds for a second and try to understand the opinions of others maybe we won’t be so violently angry about something that may or may not be true.
I remember an episode of Gilligan’s Island a long time ago. In the show Gilligan finds some nuts that allow people to read each other’s minds. The anger and frustration becomes paramount as people understand more and more about each other. In the show the only solution was to get rid of the Bush that created that special fruit. I wonder if we had something similar and could see inside the minds of others how deeply we would be affected. I wonder if the truth were the only thing that we’re allowed if the world would be a different place.
So as the sun sets on another day, I won’t talk about this again. There is no way that I can stop hate. There is no way that i can teach people to see past themselves. There is no way that I can convince someone that their opinion is only one side of an elephant. Instead, I hope that’s somewhere in the world we begin to understand what words mean and what reality we live in. Perhaps if we do we can set aside the anger and have good wonderful conversations where we might disagree but we honor each other with understanding. I hope you can embrace a positive approach, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and be you…