We are afraid of how our actions and appearances are perceived by others. Some of us are so intimidated by the perceptions of others, that we act as if we actually have negative amounts of thought or caring towards the thoughts of others. We can be too critical of people, especially if they are a stranger, and sometimes to the people who are closest to us. We can be too critical of ourselves. We sometimes have trouble trusting one another.
I've been thinking a lot about the effects of the devastation in Japan, and the way that the people there have been so respectful of each other. It is amazingly heart warming to think of a country in crisis, carrying on in a calm peaceful manner, waiting patiently in lines for hours upon hours carrying their children, and waiting for it to be their turn to receive food and supplies. No one was pushing, shoving, yelling, complaining, and no one was looting! I thought about this for a while, and then I thought about the U.S. How would we react in that kind of situation? I'm sure some people who survived Hurricane Katrina already know the answer to that question.
The reason I'm bringing this up is because I think it is obvious that the love felt between people in this country could be improved upon. We need to do away with the "every person for his/herself" mantra. I know that we would all feel a lot better if we felt like we could lean on one another. We need to stop sweeping over emotions with sarcasm. We need to stop making fleeting judgments about strangers. This is easier said than done, we are all imperfect, and I know I am guilty of judgment and inappropriate remarks that I absolutely don't mean. We've turned cruelty into comedy, but too much cruel comedy turns cruelty into actual feelings, and then every person ends up standing alone without love or support, and chuckling at the downfall of others without remorse.
In this country we are raised to be judgmental, of ourselves and others. We are raised to view society as hierarchical groupings instead of one unified tribe.
There are so many layers of hurt feelings, anger, and corruption to work through for us, but it doesn't have to be such a taxing project. If everyone were to become a little more aware of their thoughts, feelings, and angry sarcasm, and tried to project more love and trust towards strangers, and especially people you may not feel so great about, a big step could be taken to make the people of this country more unified, and then more unified with the rest of the world and the universe.
We should be less afraid of each other, and have more love for one another.
Maybe some of your attempts at trusting a stranger won't work out as well as you would hope, but at least you made an effort and hopefully the stranger can learn something from that experience if you handle it creatively.
It seems as though the thing that many of us are the most afraid of is each other.
This is at least what I have recently noticed about myself.I've been thinking a lot about the effects of the devastation in Japan, and the way that the people there have been so respectful of each other. It is amazingly heart warming to think of a country in crisis, carrying on in a calm peaceful manner, waiting patiently in lines for hours upon hours carrying their children, and waiting for it to be their turn to receive food and supplies. No one was pushing, shoving, yelling, complaining, and no one was looting! I thought about this for a while, and then I thought about the U.S. How would we react in that kind of situation? I'm sure some people who survived Hurricane Katrina already know the answer to that question.
The reason I'm bringing this up is because I think it is obvious that the love felt between people in this country could be improved upon. We need to do away with the "every person for his/herself" mantra. I know that we would all feel a lot better if we felt like we could lean on one another. We need to stop sweeping over emotions with sarcasm. We need to stop making fleeting judgments about strangers. This is easier said than done, we are all imperfect, and I know I am guilty of judgment and inappropriate remarks that I absolutely don't mean. We've turned cruelty into comedy, but too much cruel comedy turns cruelty into actual feelings, and then every person ends up standing alone without love or support, and chuckling at the downfall of others without remorse.
In this country we are raised to be judgmental, of ourselves and others. We are raised to view society as hierarchical groupings instead of one unified tribe.
There are so many layers of hurt feelings, anger, and corruption to work through for us, but it doesn't have to be such a taxing project. If everyone were to become a little more aware of their thoughts, feelings, and angry sarcasm, and tried to project more love and trust towards strangers, and especially people you may not feel so great about, a big step could be taken to make the people of this country more unified, and then more unified with the rest of the world and the universe.
We should be less afraid of each other, and have more love for one another.
Maybe some of your attempts at trusting a stranger won't work out as well as you would hope, but at least you made an effort and hopefully the stranger can learn something from that experience if you handle it creatively.
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