Listen.  “I’m not here to judge., but….”  I hear that  often, before a sentence of harrowing judgment  of someone from  an individual clearly afraid of  that of  what is different from them.  This post is coming  out of left field, I  know. We are not discussing stroke or recovery, but  we are  talking growth. 

Growth  looks different for everybody, right? 

 Someone once told me,  in 2016,  as  the “left and right” began to  talk about each other and split apart  in each others viewpoints with an Us vs Them  sort of  energy,  “if we start  talking like that,  we sound like them, don’t we?”  I quickly realized how quickly our society was moving backwards. 

 I’m  a liberal person, through and through.

I believe  trans people  not only have the right to exist, but to be loved,  cared for, and  receive  the healthcare they all deserve and need.  I  also believe  two men and two women  should have the right to be married and have children. I believe black lives matter, people with disabilities   deserve a lot  more,  and are not invisible.  I believe billionaires should not exist, and their wealth could be distributed  to much better causes in our nation.  I believe in global warming, and  we could each do a hell of a lot more to take care of our planet.  And For the love of earth, please don’t fire our scientists.  

One of My best friends is a conservative.  We don’t necessarily see eye to eye on  everything. Does this mean  we have cancelled eachother?  We hate eachother?  We don’t talk for months after  the election?  

 No. 

 It means we learn. 

We ask questions. 

We look one another in the eye. 

We have an understanding that   we don’t exactly understand but we’re willing to. Because there is growth and maturity in our  hearts. 

 She owns guns.  I don’t like guns.   Are we still besties? Well, of course! 

 I date ladies. The Bible isn’t cool with it.  Are we still  friends?   Duh. 

 We are not here to judge. We are bigger than that. If we all  hated  the other person for not seeing  the same  colors as each other,  we’d be in big trouble.  We are in trouble, right? it sucks right now.

No  human will ever have the same perspective. 

 Let’s keep growing.

xoxo

C