What if we were to simultaneously say that everything you knew was wrong, but that it was ok because we aren’t as far apart as you would think? Sadly, in today’s ever-changing society, just finding the truth alone can be an endeavor. Combine that with our instincts, our morals, our beliefs, and our experiences and you come out with your own unique perspective.
Because we each have unique perspectives, we have differences. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and each of us experience, cherish, and express beauty differently based on our perspectives. However, because we share the same context, environmental factors, and many of the same natural instincts, there are commonalities. Let’s start our conversations by identifying those commonalities and then using them as a basis to communicate the differences in an effort to understand and overcome them.
We may actually discover that many of the things we seek in life and society in and of themselves are some of the commonalities we actually share!