To love one another enough ...
Dear Friends,
Yesterday, someone said "the people have spoken!" I disagree. The reality is that "Some people have spoken!" It is still the same. When the Presidential election took place in 2008--"we" wanted change. Change didn't come from electing a black president, no more than it did last night with a plethora of Republicans taking seats in the House. It has always been a teeter totter where sometimes one group is on the ground and sometimes one group is in the air.
Look, I'm just going to be honest here. We're still putting our faith in the politicians and not in each other. Friends that I have had for years are so angry that they forget they have friends of difference background, people that are their friends. They are so angry that they forget to be sensitive and have gone back to "black and white" issues, which don't exist folks. Too many gray areas.
I have had conversations that weren't conversations. People defending where they are and putting up the walls of discord without a second thought of who is on the other side of that wall now. Your friend. Once there was the conversation I had with someone about the "Wanted Poster" for Obama. I've known her since she was a little girl and all of a sudden, we aren't talking anymore. The lines are black and white.
There's the time I had a conversation with a friend about Islam. At least we still talk, but we don't talk anymore about this. I sent him a book. But, I think it was the wrong book because it was defending my idea and not the idea of that magical thing of life. I love him. I know he loves me. Will this "one" thing separate us. He's a good man. I'm a good woman. But, the bricks are at our feet. Will we build that wall?
Guys, let's stop and think. We are not always going to agree, but relationships are investments and our investments are more important than the issues that are being touted as more important that we are. Look, if those of us who are conservative would talk with those who are liberal and EVOLVE.
The time has come to do something different and I can tell you that it won't be easy, but it will be DOABLE because we invested in something more than money or "tea". We've invested in each other. Let's talk and see what kind of conversations we could have. The answers are with us. They are. Call that friend that you disagree with and see what kind of talk could bring us. Let's talk! Because of the magic. Dare you! P.K.
Yesterday, someone said "the people have spoken!" I disagree. The reality is that "Some people have spoken!" It is still the same. When the Presidential election took place in 2008--"we" wanted change. Change didn't come from electing a black president, no more than it did last night with a plethora of Republicans taking seats in the House. It has always been a teeter totter where sometimes one group is on the ground and sometimes one group is in the air.
Look, I'm just going to be honest here. We're still putting our faith in the politicians and not in each other. Friends that I have had for years are so angry that they forget they have friends of difference background, people that are their friends. They are so angry that they forget to be sensitive and have gone back to "black and white" issues, which don't exist folks. Too many gray areas.
I have had conversations that weren't conversations. People defending where they are and putting up the walls of discord without a second thought of who is on the other side of that wall now. Your friend. Once there was the conversation I had with someone about the "Wanted Poster" for Obama. I've known her since she was a little girl and all of a sudden, we aren't talking anymore. The lines are black and white.
There's the time I had a conversation with a friend about Islam. At least we still talk, but we don't talk anymore about this. I sent him a book. But, I think it was the wrong book because it was defending my idea and not the idea of that magical thing of life. I love him. I know he loves me. Will this "one" thing separate us. He's a good man. I'm a good woman. But, the bricks are at our feet. Will we build that wall?
Guys, let's stop and think. We are not always going to agree, but relationships are investments and our investments are more important than the issues that are being touted as more important that we are. Look, if those of us who are conservative would talk with those who are liberal and EVOLVE.
The time has come to do something different and I can tell you that it won't be easy, but it will be DOABLE because we invested in something more than money or "tea". We've invested in each other. Let's talk and see what kind of conversations we could have. The answers are with us. They are. Call that friend that you disagree with and see what kind of talk could bring us. Let's talk! Because of the magic. Dare you! P.K.
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