We are not the same. We cannot be. That is not the journey for which we have been sent to this earth. In making that statement, I am acknowledging that I truly realize that our various life circumstance differ. Our upbringing and our tolerances are shaped by the realities of how we are raised and by whom the job is done.
But I am sick to death of hearing stories of our society increasingly revealing to the world that we have, individually and, in some cases, collectively, been raised by wolves.
Manners matter. And good manners change how we are viewed by others in the social world around us.
Of late, I have been distressed by the number of bullying and video taped fights that are making their way into the mainstream social media. It makes hooliganism gather friends and adherents instead of keeping anti-social behavior as a thing to be avoided under most circumstances.
The news media grants credence to the reports by airing them over and over again ad nauseum. Do we not have any GOOD things to report?
Of course we do.
Sadly, our society has managed to fall into the trap of believing that we need scandal to survive by making ourselves feel better by viewing the horrible actions and tragedies of a fellow traveler on this third rock from the sun.
Why do we do it?
When we are toddlers, we believe might makes right.
It is arguable that many have simply grown into larger toddlers who still function as if they push harder and talk louder and gesture more broadly that they are right in everything they do. It isn't true, but they believe it and act as if it is a truth enforceable by muscle and might.
Can we please return to civility?
Does anyone truly remember what that means?
Miss Manners needs to pay a visit to every school and refresh the remembrance of what is socially acceptable and what is not.
