I've had a rough couple of days with trying to contain my thoughts and feelings towards 'friends' high and mighty attitudes and thoughts.
I am sick of trying to talk to 'friends' and hearing nothing but "Oh I can top that problem! Look! I have it worse! They shouldn't be in the news because I should be, my life is horrible".
Or hearing stuff like "I wish that skinny girl would just hush about not being able to gain weight, here I am not being able to lose this baby weight and that girl won't shut up about not being able to gain it!"
Or even not being considerate and hearing other people's ideas, thoughts or concepts. I don't care what your stance is on any issue. If you're not willing to listen to another point of view, in my opinion you're not allowed to talk to me about yours. The only way we will have a well-educated society is by listening to each other and trying to make decisions based on hearing all the facts.
I have a friend that I love dearly. When I was younger, he would make fun of me because I was such a spitfire and he could get me crazy over just about any controversial issue. (He just loved seeing me go nuts, my personality was a little less tame back then lol!) I wasn't mad at him, I was getting mad that he refused to listen to me.
I honestly think half of the world's problems would go away if we would just listen to the other people around us. That is all that most people want in life. We want to be heard. If it is by our significant other, our kids, our parents, lawmakers-- whomever!
You have to be able to see the other side of whatever you are opposed to, or else you're really not understanding the issues at hand and you're not doing your 'friends' justice and basically, wasting your time.
I am sick of trying to talk to 'friends' and hearing nothing but "Oh I can top that problem! Look! I have it worse! They shouldn't be in the news because I should be, my life is horrible".
Or hearing stuff like "I wish that skinny girl would just hush about not being able to gain weight, here I am not being able to lose this baby weight and that girl won't shut up about not being able to gain it!"
Or even not being considerate and hearing other people's ideas, thoughts or concepts. I don't care what your stance is on any issue. If you're not willing to listen to another point of view, in my opinion you're not allowed to talk to me about yours. The only way we will have a well-educated society is by listening to each other and trying to make decisions based on hearing all the facts.
I have a friend that I love dearly. When I was younger, he would make fun of me because I was such a spitfire and he could get me crazy over just about any controversial issue. (He just loved seeing me go nuts, my personality was a little less tame back then lol!) I wasn't mad at him, I was getting mad that he refused to listen to me.
I honestly think half of the world's problems would go away if we would just listen to the other people around us. That is all that most people want in life. We want to be heard. If it is by our significant other, our kids, our parents, lawmakers-- whomever!
You have to be able to see the other side of whatever you are opposed to, or else you're really not understanding the issues at hand and you're not doing your 'friends' justice and basically, wasting your time.
This is from a series I started last year called "What have we become?"
I hope to continue it this year.
Scarlett J
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