Did I have an epiphany? 💭 · Parenting Adult Children Today

Did I have an epiphany? 💭

I gathered with some of my closest friends yesterday. We were celebrating a birthday. As I reflected on our gathering and how enjoyable it was, something occurred to me.

I believe that my small friend group is a microcosm of how peace could work on a more global foundation.

There’s three of us. One of us leans more left politically, one of us leans more right politically, and one of us hates politics because of the divisiveness and polarization it produces.

We all have the emotional maturity to be able to respect each other’s perspectives, even though we don’t necessarily agree with them.

We listen to each other, we acknowledge each other’s thought process and pain, if hurt was experienced, and we agree to disagree. We don’t make it our mission to force each other to believe as we believe.

We simply support and love each other. I believe this is true alignment. Our bond is strong. We “have each other’s backs”. I would love do this to be the dynamic in my family. It’s a beautiful thing.

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