I have noticed for sometime now but not really spoken about it with anyone. Society has driven itself into avoiding the discussion of difficult topics. We will often talk about things that are easy or we agree with but when we discuss agree often the discussion ends.

I understand the desire to be right. But what happened to the desire to understand the view or perspective of someone else on a topic. Maybe we can understand why they feel that way or even change our mind about how we feel. I am currently in the middle age where there are older folk and younger folk that I talk with and I have found the age does not even matter.

Especially when the issue is about politics, racial, technical or even societal norms. People will often pivot to ‘this is how I feel’ rather than a discussion on how things are and what we can do to make things better for others not just ourselves.

I strive to personally look at people and make a judgment that is non-binding to who they are. Because we all make judgments about everything. The key is to understand that we are fallible and our judgment can be wrong. We can think someone is good and they are not good just as we can think someone is not good and they are good. Give people the space to be themselves and you will be surprised at who they are when given grace.

I will end this by simply saying that in order for us to make progress we need to be able to discuss topics about our feelings / opinions but be open to listening to different views. We just might be right, but we also just might be wrong.

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