How to Solve Problems

When it comes to understanding why there is and will always be difficult to bridge the gap or find solutions for issues, major or minor, perhaps it is because each of us have developed our way of thinking and believing by our experiences. We tend to gravitate toward those of like experiences for confirmation that we might be right and are not alone. This newly-formed herd now acts as our strength and justifies all actions we take toward maintaining our thinking and believing. This believed utopia appears to only be threatened when another individual or herd enters the equation with a different thought or belief.

We make all attempts to first correct their wayward thoughts and change their wrong-headed beliefs until we discover that not all of them can or chooses to comply. Those we then label as uneducated or any other label which allows us to rest and not have to expel the energy to try and listen, learn, hear and understand their reasoning. Soon, it becomes a power struggle between who can garner more, bigger and better support for their positions and thus particular rules, regulations, policies to govern this way of living becomes your only reason to live. You must now not only shape but protect your perceived new world by first in your community, then in your town, next in your state, followed by in your country and finally in your world from those you see as threats to its existence. All this for the sake of proving what you have experienced as being right while also proving that the other side as wrong.

All this for no-real gain though because in the end, on judgment day and standing before God, you will be held accountable for the choices that you made, the actions you took and every effort you made to enlist others in your cause, violating that one rule Jesus is written to have said that will grant you entrance into the gates of heaven, you failed to treat others as you wish to be treated. It’s on that day, your movie is played and your real and true fate is revealed. The movie ends by showing you that simply by just applying a little effort to hear, listen, learn and an honest attempt at understanding the other side, you’ve missed out on a more stress-less life, much more joy and so many blessings. You missed out on because you were so focused upon presenting your point of view, your thoughts and your beliefs that you never truly considered any points of view, any thought and any belief different from your own.

What makes this even worse, is that there were times, just like this. Where someone told you this very same thing and instead of heeding this advice, you decided to ignore it because it made too much sense, it frightened you or it came from someone not of your herd. Whatever the reason was all you had to do was to look deep within yourself to find that sense of fair-play and desire for respect that you have, then apply that same to everyone else.