We are More Alike than We are Different

My interests, like those of most people, are varied and even divergent. Lately I've noticed too many people who are dissatisfied with some aspect of their lives, and feel the need to find some 'other' to blame and demonize. The thing is - no matter how you feel about the government, or religion, or the legitimacy of cable news - you probably love your family and want to help people. The people who you are pointing your finger at love their family and want to help people. The person who annoyed you at the grocery store, or the PTA meeting, or the gynecologist - loves their family and wants to help people. Lets be more gentle to ourselves and more understanding of others - even if it's inconvenient to our sense of self-righteousness.*



*I am regrettably often guilty of this, and am writing this to remember that because I don't agree with a bumper sticker on an SUV doesn't mean that the driver is a jerk.