Wow! I didn't realize that I hadn't written a blog for so long! I didn't even write my typical beginning of the year blah blah one! I am not sure what is wrong but I have just been in a writing funk. I haven't really wanted to put my thoughts down, even my journaling has struggled a bit. I'm not sure why that is other then I have just been in this place of disappointment in this country, and people that I know. People that I grew up with, family and friends that constantly are putting down others, or claiming the election was rigged, and seeing everything that the new President is doing as awful.
Somewhere along the way we forgot how to love others. We forgot how to put aside our differences, and look at what compassion, love, truth, dignity, and kindness really are. I think we have forgotten that the words we post aren't just words. When we are making fun of others through hateful memes.. it might not say it is directed at anyone (yet sometimes it is) but it is still showing your character. It is still showing that as a person you are willing to put someone down just because they don't agree with you?
I know I'm not going to ever completely agree 100% with anyone. We are all different. We have all been raised differently, and been different places that have directly impacted how we view the world. I'm thankful that I can see beyond political lines, but I'm so sad that most people can't. They lump everyone who is a "Republican" one way, and everyone who is a "Democrat" another. The truth is that if we are all honest we probably have more similarities then we do differences.
I guess that's probably why I haven't written much.... because my heart is hurting by the hate. By the name-calling. By the fact that people are such bullies behind a computer screen.
I wish we could see each other with love as the center. Whatever kind of love you might believe in.
For now... I will continue to focus on how I love and accept others!
