Choose Love

Of all the posts the main thing I am hearing is an unwillingness to have a discussion, nothing changes without discussion and understanding.We have more in common then we do different and unless we are willing to see the other side as human we are going to make this much worse before it gets better. WE are going to make this worse not trump. If we say we stand for love then stand for love. Do not just love people that are easy to love. If you choose love you choose to love mankind not just the easy bits. I am sad for people on both sides who are left scared. I see a choice like this for our country being made from a place of fear, fear of what you don't understand.

I see a lot of anger going back and forth. Anger is the easy way out. People threaten to shut everyone out of their lives that disagree with their opinion. Is that what we have come to? We don't listen unless it makes sense to us? How do we expect to learn anything if we write off half of everyone as having nothing of value?

When I left the church I had a lot of people do the same thing to me, they shut me out of their lives because of my beliefs being different. They told me blatantly that if I were to come back to church again we could talk. There was a very small group of people who told me they loved me the same. Those people made all the difference. I wouldn't have the relationship I still have her mom if it weren't for a mutual respect and understanding for each other. I see her changing in a lot of what I think are positive ways. Finding common ground brings us all closer. When you are closer its harder to demonize people. 

This is a democracy we have fought for the right to have differing opinions. I believe it to be to our benefit to get down to a human level with people and understand why they think and feel the way they do. What are we missing? If I can find peace with my Mormon mother its not impossible for you to find common ground with those around you. I believe that not everyone is a monster, please stop making everyone around you feel that way. They have families and homes and hopes and dreams, things they have worked a lifetime for and things they are truly passionate about, they have a story, they are capable of love. Give them a reason to love. They are more like us than we care to admit.

We are beautiful, we are flawed, we are scared, we are alive, we are cherished, we are love, we are understanding, we are pain, we are inspiration, we are clarity, we are human, we are fear, we are hope, we are identity, we are family, we are connected, we are language, we are heart, we are tears, we are loss, we are...