Following on from my last post, I've added these additional pull-quotes from various of my writings (which have also found their way to my Facebook page). I place them all together here in successive paragraphs because they follow naturally enough from one to the next.
Have we lost our way somewhere on the quest for the greater good, on that path paved with good intentions? Have we lost our footing, our vision and mission? We have our success and worldly goods, yes, but has that fulfilled our potential, our promise? And if that is what we've gained in the world we've so easily slipped into, what have we lost?
We are competitive and contentious as a species, and given too much to disagreement. We contend and disagree among nations, ethnicities, religions and ideologies, and within them all as well. We are set on distinguishing ourselves from others, lifting ourselves above them or separating ourselves from them--and we are often unpleasant or hurtful in doing it. It all breeds prejudice, anger, even hatred. It's clearly not heaven yet, not anywhere close.
So, if loving one another, even respecting one another, is too often just not in the cards, not realistic, don't we have to reach even more earnestly and insistently for tolerance, at least? In the name of peace on shared ground and in common spaces, can't we agree to patiently and politely abide one another? Can't we at least get over the lowest bar of tolerance and civility?
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