Motivation! Humility. Humility is the strongest power one can have. I have had to learn this the hard way. Its no secret that Im usually not one to back down or shy away from a fight, verbal or otherwise. My dad and brother for my whole life have always tell me that you have to choose your battles. If I was smarter I would have headed their advise a long time ago. The past couple of weeks I have had a lot of conversations and debates on this platform. I believe the social state of America is in dire need of immediate attention. I have had conversations with police officers who feel theyre getting a bad rep and are angry. Ive spoken with black people who are understandably angry, hurt, and frustrated. Ive spoke to people from other cultures, some who get it and some who dont. A lot of these conversations get very inflammatory to say the least. America is full of hate and fear and confusion right now and everyone is on the defensive. Theres a lot of fanatical talk out there and everyone is emotionally raw and ready to react. Im not afraid to discuss difficult issues even in the midst of all of this emotion. Not every agrees with me or even understands what Im saying. Sometimes that causes friction. This is the story of my life. Facebook didnt change anything for me when it comes to social discourse. I used to use my anger to attack people who I thought were wrong. That solves nothing. I wasted a lot of time emotionally reacting to everything that made me mad and Ill admit I can be some what sensitive (understatement of the millennium lol!) Lately I still get into those emotional debates but when things get heated my goal is to get humble. We all are feeling some kind of pain and frustration right now. In America our way of dealing with things that hurt us is to attack them. Our egos sever as a defense mechanism. I can be a huge agitator and some what of an asshole (might be another understatement but shut up. Lol!). That only serves to escalate negative interactions. A lot of people tell me things like, you need to stop airing things out on Facebook. I say that those people are not reading all the posts in those threads. Do I still get people riled up? Hell yeah! A person with out passion is not deserving of the breath they breathe. However, when things get too emotional I try to humble myself as much as possible. I personally believe that the nature of humanity is good but people dont always know how to get through the BS (especially me). A lot of people see the number of responses to posts and immediately get turned off and want to stay out. They see thing get emotional and dont want any part of it. I say dont be afraid. Dont be afraid to say what you feel. Dont be afraid to listen to others so you can know how they feel. Dont be afraid to continue the conversations. Yes things will get emotional but if you humble yourself and see that conversation to the end you will gain a great deal of understanding and be a million times better off. People are hurting. Sometimes they need to vent. Sometimes venting can get ugly. People will hurl insults and get very personal but its all in how you react. Humble yourself and try to understand the perspective of the other person. Forget your intentions and where youre coming from for a second and try to relate. When all you can see is bad look harder and closer so you can find the good. It took me a long time to see myself worth. Now I believe I am great but the only way I can continue to be great is to help others be great. I must foster good things. Theres no reason to get mad. Ive been insulted and mistreated before why react. Its better to find the reason someone would desire to insult you and attack that and not the person. You can only do that with humility. I still struggle trying to control my reactions but the cool thing is lately when I debate or argue I look to find a positive end to it. The only way you can find that good/positivity is to be humble. But wtf do I know?
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:09:37 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015