Raise GOOD humans!
Dear Readers,
This is going to feel a little heavier than I'd like it to, but I feel like it needs to be said... WHY are people so easily offended these days?! The world is so cruel... and for those of us who are raising children in it... the nonsense just needs to stop! It makes me sad that we no longer cherish raising our humans to be KIND, well mannered, or even CIVIL to other humans. It seems the world is in a constant state of defense. Which in turn, has me in a constant date of bewilderment and BLEH. (I mean... we currently live in a world where we have completely normalized words like "Bro" and "Bae"...) What gives!?
I don't have much to say about this yet, because I guess I'm not quite done processing the topic just yet, I guess...Give me a week... but... why can't we normalize treating people kind, being respectful, and maybe getting to know ourselves better so we're not ALWAYS feeling offended? We are, right now, living in a world where we are teaching our children that if we don't agree with something someone's saying you need to "do something about it." I ask you this... WHY can't we just have different opinions? Why does ANYONE feel like they should be able to impose any belief on anyone else? There's no reason why children should be staging walkouts, fighting teachers, and disrespecting each other all the time. We need to be teaching children to stand up for themselves, sure, but isn't there a way to do it in a respectful manner?
Maybe we need to get back to the basics and teach our children to walk away from a fight, when they can, and "respectfully disagree" when possible. There should be way more concentration on raising them in households that, if someone starts a fight, it's okay to finish it... but not teach them that your first instinct should be to FIGHT. (I think there's a super important distinction between the two!) I hate to be the barer of bad news... but, being in a viral video putting your hands on someone is not trendy or cool. It's just straight AWFUL... And you look dumb doing it.
I'm going to leave you all with this...
Galatians 6:9 NLT:
"So, let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up."
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