A Learning Smorgasbord and the Polar Depress!
In case you missed our April Newsletter, here's an excerpt from one of the blogs highlighted... "Walking Away from Polarization."
Assessing ways that life in the United States continues to grow less “united” over the last few weeks, months, and years, one can easily identify tangible ways our society is experiencing more challenging polarization of thought than ever before.
The political Left is quick to blame the Right, and the Right blames the Left just as vigorously.
Over this past weekend if you were watching a blend of news sources, you noticed that in the State of Georgia, now both liberals and conservatives are reacting negatively to Coca-Cola, Delta and Major League Baseball (among others still TBD) regarding the response of these businesses to the new voting laws that just passed in our state legislature. Sadly, this has quickly turned into a no-win situation for all parties involved (and even for private parties and customers not involved at all)! What is happening all around us today truly is a loss and can quickly lead to even more loss if we don’t learn (or remember) that there’s a MUCH better way... (read more).
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3 年Rob this is soooo good! I loved this the most : “Instead, I’d argue there is a tremendous opportunity for unity by learning the power of the “AND” rather than standing back to back with our “BUTs” in the air. It takes collaboration and teamwork, built on trust and goodwill. But there’s something even more foundational that must be in place before these noble societal building blocks can be set on a firm foundation: Love. “ I have been that person caught up in one political ideology thinking that was the only way. But I have been working really hard over the last year to open myself up to listening more to folks from opposing views or just views different than my own. And it has been eye opening and has grown me as an individual. But you’re right. At the core of true unity is love - agape love- that expects nothing in return. Love that fuels kindness and respect for everyone, even those we’d consider our enemies!
Great insights! Thanks for sharing.