Kindness Now!

I wonder what things I believe and trust about how the world currently works that other people don’t believe.  Yesterday I learned, I think, that some people don’t think sexism and racism have anything in common.  (Spoiler alert: I think they do.) Like to me it’s obvious that orange and purple have red in common.  To me it’s obvious that intolerance towards one group based on a characteristic makes intolerance towards another group based on a characteristic more acceptable, more likely, more prevalent.  

In our home, we try to implement a kind of “broken windows” type policy towards patience, tolerance, kindness, and love for ourselves and others.  The broken windows theory generally says that policing “minor” threats, such as vandalism, reduces the risk of more serious crimes, such as murder.  Policing myself and my family is my job.  Yours, not so much.

How am I going to navigate this post-truth era?  How will I greet someone who tries to convince me that green and orange have nothing in common?  

When I look in the mirror at the end of the day will I be able to say that I acted with kindness towards others?  With patience? 

Or did I let my fear, anger, frustration, and yes rage, pull me into a way of being that violates my own values and beliefs?  Did I bite the hook?  Get distracted from my purpose? 

I’m gonna keep going!

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