Not a time for politics?
Not a time for politics?
Michael Sortomme © 11-20-2012
www.michaelsortomme.com
Regardless of your sway, life is political. Every social act, whether positive or negative, is political. That is the way of our world today, yesterday and always—we all take sides! We can hope for improvement in the future, but, for now, politics is our shared reality.
Not to anyone’s surprise, the Middle East is living up to its reputation; it is on fire and screaming for revenge. Who is screaming? Who are the victims? Who are the bullies? EVERYONE is the answer—no one nation’s people purer or more evil than the next, all victimized by violence, whether precipitated by on “outside” force, or cultivated from an inside passion.
How can we change this reality? We can’t, not on a worldwide scale—if one is determined to cause pain there is NOTHING another can do to stop it because it is the source’s choice to embrace negative control. If both parties, in any dispute, are resolute on destruction, both parties will fail—no one wins, all lose, all fall, perhaps never to rise again.
What can thinking, feeling people do, from the outside, to improve our universal drive to use violence? Education: know subjects from more than one perspective, know history, do not run away from truth, even if it hurts! Share your constructive solutions widely, regardless if they appear to be heeded. Rise above mediocrity. Do not accept any media as truth, including news that is conjured from “an unbiased agenda”, which simply does not exist, regardless if one is liberal or conservative. This action will lead to incorrect information, regardless of one’s motivation to search for “truth”.
Trust people, question government, and, as always, be the best person you can be! If one embraces the concept of Mitzvah, of holy giving from the heart, there would be far less pain in the world for us all to deal with. Embrace generosity before judging other’s motivations; you just might be surprised at what you find—you might NOT be as alone as you had previously thought…
Michael Sortomme © 11-20-2012
www.michaelsortomme.com
Regardless of your sway, life is political. Every social act, whether positive or negative, is political. That is the way of our world today, yesterday and always—we all take sides! We can hope for improvement in the future, but, for now, politics is our shared reality.
Not to anyone’s surprise, the Middle East is living up to its reputation; it is on fire and screaming for revenge. Who is screaming? Who are the victims? Who are the bullies? EVERYONE is the answer—no one nation’s people purer or more evil than the next, all victimized by violence, whether precipitated by on “outside” force, or cultivated from an inside passion.
How can we change this reality? We can’t, not on a worldwide scale—if one is determined to cause pain there is NOTHING another can do to stop it because it is the source’s choice to embrace negative control. If both parties, in any dispute, are resolute on destruction, both parties will fail—no one wins, all lose, all fall, perhaps never to rise again.
What can thinking, feeling people do, from the outside, to improve our universal drive to use violence? Education: know subjects from more than one perspective, know history, do not run away from truth, even if it hurts! Share your constructive solutions widely, regardless if they appear to be heeded. Rise above mediocrity. Do not accept any media as truth, including news that is conjured from “an unbiased agenda”, which simply does not exist, regardless if one is liberal or conservative. This action will lead to incorrect information, regardless of one’s motivation to search for “truth”.
Trust people, question government, and, as always, be the best person you can be! If one embraces the concept of Mitzvah, of holy giving from the heart, there would be far less pain in the world for us all to deal with. Embrace generosity before judging other’s motivations; you just might be surprised at what you find—you might NOT be as alone as you had previously thought…
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