Today is a ramble:
Some days it just seems darker than other days. I am trying to have hope that as a country we will find our way out of the woods that we seem to be lost in.
Being kind and compassionate seems to have disappeared. I can put blame on our countries leaders because they seem to have lost their ability to talk, compromise, be nice to each other. But when I really get down to the bottom of it - it's all of our faults for accepting this behavior. It's a slippery slope - someone runs a red light we let it go, when someone says something snarky we walk away. And each time it's worse and worse until we get to the point that it's so very bad we start pushing back but as the pendulum swings wide we push back on anything and everything. So now everything offends someone. And everyone jumps on anyone who says anything because they can get away with calling it offensive and they feel very empowered to do so. Even if the punishment doesn't fit the crime.
What we have yet to learn as a society is that sometimes when people wish for things to go back to the good old days - it isn't about putting women back in the kitchen, or putting people of color at the back of the bus. Sometimes its just about going back to being nice to each other, putting down your cell phone and having a conversation. Get out of your influence bubble and actually engage with others. Women aren't returning to the kitchen, people of color aren't going to go away. Their rights are just the same as your rights. You cannot impose your will on them, and they cannot impose theirs on you.
We have to be able to come to an understanding that people are equals - and that your beliefs may not be the same as someone else's. But they are entitled to their beliefs the same as you are entitled to yours. You can have a conversation with people who are different than you - you don't have to shout. You may not change their minds and they may not change yours...but you may have a better understanding of why they think the way they do.
Smile at someone today...do something nice for someone today. Have a conversation with someone different than you. We only have one planet.
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