Political Posturing and Endless Arguing Do No Good

As I watch the massive amount of political posturing and relentless fighting come across my Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages daily, I get sick of all the mudslinging, unfair attacks and hateful commentary that accomplish absolutely nothing. I’m not saying that it is wrong to have political ideas and feelings or to stand up for what you believe, but when both sides become so rigid that they won’t work together at all, everyone suffers in a multitude of ways.

When I see all the pointless arguing and hateful vendettas waged by certain politicians and their followers on both sides, I often think of a poem I wrote a while ago and included in my last book “Searching for the Truth“. I would like to share it here in hopes that people begin to keep the bigger picture in mind and not get bogged down with every ridiculous detail or distracted by every political tantrum.

Labels

The labels we give ourselves –

Democrat, Republican,

conservative, liberal –

why do we let these

names

fool us

into believing

that’s all we are?

The truth is

we need each other

like it

or not.

Left to ourselves

and those of our kind,

we lose balance

and perspective.

We forget

that there’s a whole world

outside

of our own narrow view.

A world of trouble,

a world of tragedy.

A world that

desperately

needs our help.

A world

that doesn’t benefit at all

from another pointless debate.