Marianne Williamson Instagram – I grew up in a home where all the aunts and uncles and cousins had breakfast together on Sunday morning.
This would be a common conversation:
One of my uncles would say, “Don’t listen to your father, kids. You’ll never make a dime!” Then my father would say, “Don’t listen to your uncle, kids. He won’t survive the revolution!” Then my mother would walk in and say, “So who wants white fish and who wants roast beef?”
The climax of the conversation? “Okay, let’s eat!”
In other words, there was always political cross-talk, political arguing, defense of or scorn directed at this political figure or another. But there was a firewall between all of that, and any kind of personal animosity.
The hatred we’re directing at other people for no other reason than that they have the audacity to disagree with us, is so toxic at this point that it’s destroying the fabric of our society. No one owes it to us to agree with us! And no one has a monopoly on truth! Judgement should be saved for unjust systems, not individuals.
At this point, it’s becoming emotionally unsafe to even express an opinion anymore. Politics and political sharing should not be a psychological blood sport. Is that the world we want to bequeath to our children?
This is a time for processing, for listening, for thinking, and yes, for many of us, for praying. This country is in trouble, everybody knows that, and the people who disagree with us aren’t automatically our enemies. The next 70whatever days are going to be so awful if we don’t get control of ourselves. And after that, oh my God.
We decry the divisiveness, yet we divide ourselves constantly. I think the most important thing we can do today is forgive each other, have some mercy on each other, give each other the benefit of the doubt. Everybody is hurting in some way, and no one is perfect.
Let’s try to show some respect. And show some love. | Posted on 24/Aug/2024 23:05:41
