I got to thinking tonight.
Sometimes I do that. Think. Sometimes too much, or so my wife tells me.
I got to thinking about the things that make us all so different. The things that separate and drive wedges between us.
Just to clarify, I'm talking about beliefs, race, gender, age, experiences, professions . . . you name it. There are so many things that we use everyday to make assumptions about people. We make judgments that too often only serve to separate or drive us apart.
I've listened to politicians that say they can bring us together by virtue of the fact that they are able to unite people. But in the end, they seem only to be determined to divide us by virtue of our beliefs or any other issue ( or non-issue for that matter ) that happens to be their favorite hot button topic while seeming to ignore the things that really matter.
My goal isn't to turn this into a political debate. My goal is to show that we aren't really all that different from one another.
I'm thinking about a little project that may better clarify this. More to come later.
Sometimes I do that. Think. Sometimes too much, or so my wife tells me.
I got to thinking about the things that make us all so different. The things that separate and drive wedges between us.
Just to clarify, I'm talking about beliefs, race, gender, age, experiences, professions . . . you name it. There are so many things that we use everyday to make assumptions about people. We make judgments that too often only serve to separate or drive us apart.
- Are you a pro-lifer or are you pro-choice?
- Are you Black? White? Mexican? Chinese? Indian? Japanese? etc . . .
- Are you Gay? or Not?
- Are you male or female?
- Are you a 20-something? 30-something? 40-something? etc . . .
- Do you do manual labor? Are you a professional?
- Do you drive a Prius? Do you drive an SUV?
- Are you a soccer mom?
- Are you Christian? Catholic? Baptist? Lutheran? Muslim?
- Do you recycle? Are you Going Green?
- What's your income?
I've listened to politicians that say they can bring us together by virtue of the fact that they are able to unite people. But in the end, they seem only to be determined to divide us by virtue of our beliefs or any other issue ( or non-issue for that matter ) that happens to be their favorite hot button topic while seeming to ignore the things that really matter.
My goal isn't to turn this into a political debate. My goal is to show that we aren't really all that different from one another.
I'm thinking about a little project that may better clarify this. More to come later.
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