01/10/2025
✨ Please read this with kindness in your heart. This is not a post for arguments, but a call for reflection.
What saddens me deeply today is how divided we’ve become, not because of our values as people, but because of opinions we hold. Democracy was never meant to silence or separate us; it was meant to give us space for different voices, so we could build common ground together.
Yet right now, I’ve never seen friends, families, and communities so fractured. Many people are even afraid to speak honestly, because they fear being shouted down rather than listened to.
We need to pause, breathe, and truly listen to each other. Ask yourself: “Do they have a point?” And if they do, even in a small way, there’s no shame in saying: “I see it differently now.” That’s not weakness, that’s wisdom.
Social media and mainstream outlets are not neutral. They feed us what keeps us hooked and that often means pushing us further into extremes. If you only hear Left or Right, you’re being steered, not informed. But most of us, the vast, quiet majority just want to live decently, care for our families, have fairness in what we earn and pay, and feel safe in our communities.
I see good people on all sides, people who in another setting, a club, a festival, a family gathering would laugh, dance, and embrace each other without a second thought. Isn’t that who we really are?
Please be more thoughtful about the media you consume, more gentle in the way you hold your opinions, and more open when you hear someone else’s. Their fears may be different from yours, but they are just as real.
And beyond politics let’s rediscover our simple humanity. Open a door for someone. Smile. Lend a hand to a stranger. Help, don’t walk past. Small acts of kindness are the threads that hold societies together.
Because while we tear at each other, regimes elsewhere, authoritarian ones that profit from division are surely laughing as we weaken ourselves.
We cannot let that happen.
We must not.
Please — let’s be human first, kind always. 💙
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