I grew up in the 70’s and most of my experiences in life was a mixture of the ways of old ways with the dawn of technology. Do I miss the ‘good old days’ – yes but I like the fact that technology makes its so much easier to keep in touch with those who are far away and it has opened up to so much information out there, well maybe a bit too much.
One thing I have observed is this overnight boom of social media. Various platforms that have opened a space for all of us to share our views, comments etc. To me personally, I feel that when we have these platforms to communicate, we really are so wanting to air our opinions. From good, sweet, kind too some of the most nasty, hurtful and mean things – I do wonder if tolerance is something that is becoming an endangered emotion or that social media has opened the door into the the true nature of us as humans.
I do not feel that we need to understand people because let’s be practical – we can only understand someone if we have been through the same experience. If someone is talking about how an apple taste and you never an tasted an apple before, you would not be able to fully understand that experience. However, accepting the explanation does not require your understanding. I am speaking of accepting from a point of view of respecting another person’s explanation, choice and view of something when we do not have any experience. This understanding does not necessarily mean I have to agree.
If we all need to understand then we are heading into trouble because if we disagree then we will want to air our opinions, judgment etc. There is a difference if we need to correct someone if they are factually wrong but we do not need to correct anyone because we do not understand why they make certain choices, why they want to live their lives in a certain way etc.
If you have never gone through depression – you will never understand but you can accept that someone is going through it and see if you can help. If someone is always being a bully – your job is not to understand – you accept that person is a bully and you do the necessary to ensure that you do not get bullied or take the appropriate steps to ensure others do not get hurt by this bully. If someone has a different sexual preference or identity – we just accept it and there really is no need to understand cause you ain’t going to understand.
( note : the apple example).
We as humans need to try and be more accepting of things rather than finding ways and means to understand. Only one who thinks like a psychopath will understand another psychopath – get the drift…
Take care everyone and be kind to you and to others.
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