A friend of mine kept telling me, over and over again, that the answer to all problems between people is, simply, communication. And each time my friend said it, I agreed with it. How could I not? How could anybody not? Communication certainly is the key, but communication is not necessarily positive and productive. Often times it is destructive. So, communication is unproductive or even harmful unless the underlying attitude is good hearted, and, above all else, open minded...
It amazes me how narrow minded most people are, at least Americans. I can't find anyone who is willing to agree with me that both conservatism and liberalism are "good" and "true", and that the same is true of capitalism-socialism, Christianity-non Christianity, and so forth, and so on.
A willingness to change one's opinion's and beliefs is crucial to harmonious hunan interaction. When we feel compelled to make such changes we tend to feel a sense of defeat, of loss. Instead we should feel the joy of liberation and progress. Let my philosophy be better tomorrow than it is today, Dear Lord...
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