Tired of the Rhetoric: 30 Days of Positivity

There are times in our life where it seems that the world is spiraling out of control and we don't know where to grab ahold and wait it out.  I have recently entered one of those stages where things just don't quite seem to make sense.  My normal comforts seem to have been pushed to the side, and my go to places have lost their draw to pull me out of the strange feelings.

I started a series of Facebook posts the other day where I choose a good news story or quote to flood my feed with uplifting and happy thoughts.  I did this mostly because I have a hard time seeing the hate that has been permeating our society as of late.  I wake up every day and pull up my news app on my iPhone which is good because it helps me stay informed, but then as I search for a news story that has the pull of being uplifting I get sucked into a downward spiral of biased journalism.  I am not super conservative and I am not super liberal either and all I see is both sides of the spectrum berating and hating on each other.  I am forced to see the people that want all members of a cabinet to be routed from the country that they love enough to be in office, I see people spewing verbal slurs at those without a voice because they look different from themselves.  All I see is a world that is slowly starting to unwind at the seems and all the people in it are blaming others without taking blame themselves.

I was always taught to lead by example.  If you want the world to be a better place it has got to start with you.  My wife she put up a quote in our house that read "Be the change you want to see in the world."  I want to live that way.  I want to be the change that I want to see.  The first thing I want to see is that all people no matter who they are receive equal treatment.  I used to laugh and joke and say I was the most unbiased person in the world because I dislike everyone equally, now I want to be the person that listens to everyone.  I will continue my 30 days of positivity on Facebook, I will continue to push for people to be treated as people, and I will try to be a more compassionate listener to both sides of the argument.  If people are trying so hard to be heard maybe it is time for me to hear them and try to understand both sides.