The world has become so hardened. In the process of trying to make ourselves better, we have traded some of our
humanity for less than human qualities. Empathy is the solution, whether we are talking about policing, or issues of race, color, creed, gender or age.
Jesus gave us the GOLDEN RULE, DO UNTO OTHER AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.
This is the basis of a peaceful life. This is really a simple solution.
The only difficulty that presents itself is when something inside of us rears up in protest within ourselves, as we try to make ourselves different from others. We are all born the same. We will all die the same. No human will live forever in this world. Whether we like it or not, we are all the same.
There is only one race on this planet, the human race.
The protest we need to take up is within ourselves. It is not outside of us. This holds true for police departments; people who are rich, poor and in between; every other war of our own making; and every personal relationship we have broken or healed.
It takes time to learn, grow in understanding of what is really going on, and helping others along the way who may not be as brilliant, wealthy, compassionate, or fortunate as we are.
If we would walk a mile in another’s shoes, as opposed to arguing about why he or she should or should not be walking in those same shoes, or making judgments on people whose shoes are different from ours, then we would discover that we are, in fact, all the same. Our egos do not like that. The arguments about this begin in our own heads.
The problem is inside of us, not outside of us.
Jesus said in Matthew 7:1, “STOP JUDGING.”
If we do that, we will begin to solve real problems in every country.
The ironic thing is, at the end of our lives, we will be judged. I wonder how we will fare?
God Bless