Who are these people? Just how deep runs the us and them dynamic? Yes, The United States is in the middle of a very confusing and bewildering election. I feel that many have simply given up on any concept of cooperation. We are sheltering in place with our own kind. It is just too overwhelming. How do we emerge from our cocoons or will we ever be able to emerge?
Aren’t we all really just looking for safety? Should we stop and compare our lives to those in places like Syria where war has torn everything asunder? Why are we fighting this war of ideas and opinions? I am right and you are wrong. How can I even consider that you are right when your belief threatens my very existence as a human being on this planet. More often than not, the threat is very real. Much more often.
How can I talk about race when I know so few people who are different than me? How can I learn about LGBT lives when I don’t think that I have ever met anyone from that community? If you are a Christian fundamentalist, I cannot have anything to do with you because it is too threatening to my identity. Do you care about my identity? Is it your sole (soul’s) intention to threaten my identity? Do you really want me to disappear from the planet?
Black/white, gay/straight, right/left. Over and over again. The individual elements of the great melting pot have separated themselves from the whole.
Can we just stop? What if everything were to just stop for a day? No news, no blog posts, no activity on any social media platforms. Would it cause everyone to just take a deep breath and reboot? It is as if we are compulsively heading to our own extinction without thinking that we can do anything to stop it. It almost sounds like addiction, doesn’t it? Just looking at the increase in verifiable addictions such as the opioid epidemic makes one wonder if therein lies a clue. A simple definition of addiction as defined by Merriam-Webster is “an unusually great interest in something or a need to do or have something.”
My Labyrinth Journey 