oh boy.

I unwittingly wandered up on this scene on my way from work to catch the bus and oh so many feelings welled up in me. I almost heard myself sputtering, “geezuhs, really? I suppose you people believe Obama’s birth certificate is a fake too.”

Then it occurred to me- I’m not listening to a damn thing these people say because I believe they must be crazy to not understand the impact of what they are saying and how much they are harming individuals with their beliefs. Hmm… I was getting right into an “us vs. them” thing without much effort at all and if I’m doing it to “them” then certainly I shouldn’t be surprised when they do it to “us”.

So, here I find myself in a new inquiry. How might we find ways to work together in nonpartisan ways (I feel a little amateur to even use the word) to get right down to what all of us truly want? And what do we all want? Well, isn’t it really the same deep down? To feel protected, to have rights, to be heard, to be respected? Perhaps I’m being a bit trite; I apologize if I’m coming across that way, it just seems that it shouldn’t have to be so dang convoluted and contrived.

Certainly, it is a lot more difficult to truly communicate but aren’t we just expecting more of the same if we don’t move more in this direction? I applaud those doing the work to build the communicaton bridges.

~ by moneeeq on September 18, 2009.