We Must Be Okay With Agreeing To Disagree To Move Forward As One
Written by Andre on April 22, 2021
Some food for thought, we can agree to disagree and that is absolutely okay. A lot has happened in the last past year and a half that has been difficult for all of us. We faced and are still facing a pandemic, the death of George Floyd, and the trial of Derrick Chauvin who murdered Mr. Floyd. And then the shooting deaths of children by police and our own people. On top of that whatever you individually are experiencing in your lives.
What we have to understand is each and every one of us experiences our own perception of the world. So what I think and feel will be very different from what you think and feel. Even if we experience the exact same situation my perspective will still be different from yours. This is what makes us all unique! I am me and you are you.
However, we are at a point especially on social media where we tear down people who feel differently from us or have a different point of view. People literally say very hurtful and hateful things to individuals who don’t see things how they see them or feel how they feel. That is not okay at all.
How you feel is how you feel no one and I mean no one can take that away from you. So however you feel stand in that and stay with it. Now let me be VERY clear, I am not talking about feelings or beliefs that include harming other people. If you surround yourself with people who agree with you on every single thing how do you learn and grow? How do create change if you only allow people around you that agree with every thought and feeling you have? Simply put you don’t.
If you want everyone in the world to go along with what you say or else that is what I call that the Trump mindset. Agree with me or I will destroy you. We can not go on shutting people down because they feel differently about a situation or circumstance than you.
Having different perspectives is what makes us as humans so great. I may be able to solve a problem you have because I see things you don’t. I can discover something that could revolutionize the way we live while you could invent something that improves how we travel.
In conclusion, we all have something to offer each other and to tear down someone because they don’t agree with you or see what you see is not okay. But what is okay is is that we can agree to disagree and work together to create a world where we are not killing each other in any capacity. Where we are not afraid of the police, where there is no poverty, where there is love!
