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No One is Listening
by Michelle Montoro
I feel like no one is listening. I feel like everyone just wants their own voice to be heard. I feel like we are all just screaming at each other. And the result is completely ineffective communication. How can we possibly view an issue from all angles and make appropriate considerations that will result in successful changes if we are so unwilling to even hear what anyone else has to say?
Changes happen on a million different levels. From within ourselves which is then filtered down to our children and extended out to our personal networks. Change will grow from there. Outward, upward, downward, and inward. When we patiently and purposefully implement changes from within, that is the first step toward changing our communities, our societies, our cultures, our beliefs, our ideals, and our world views.
Changing world views is a very major component in the evolution of humanity. But we cannot have change until we learn how to effectively communicate. I fear that we may remain stuck in this endless cycle of screaming and fighting for a long time to come. That leaves me feeling uncomfortable and sad. But discomfort and sadness are also places where change is born.
We are a nation, a society, a culture, a species currently experiencing some seriously tough growing pains. But growth is just as necessary as the painful…
