Archive for November 6th, 2016
Opinion
“…a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty,” a “personal view, attitude, or appraisal.”
We all have opinions, crossing the gamut of human behavior. The current political climate has brought forth a divisiveness of opinion that is ripping at the fabric of national unity and personal friendship. And, it appears to have all the earmarks of continuing well beyond election day.
It is a sad state of affairs when the greatest democracy in the world becomes so dysfunctional that the work of governing is deferred to immature squabbling; lacking civility and the willingness to compromise…to find the middle way.
Founding father Thomas Jefferson said, “I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as a cause for withdrawing from a friend.”
I invite you this week to consider the wisdom of Jefferson’s words.
