Why the World Will Never Get Back to Love by Working to 'Solve' Hate
Every single hour on the news, on hundreds of different channels, the discussion is ― rightly, perhaps ― about the terrors and violence and hate occurring with frightening regularity in the world.
Every talking head, news anchor, commentator and man-on-the-street is, understandably, talking about what we can do about it. How we can figure out who’s “right.” How we can solve the problem. How we can make things better. They talk of putting up or breaking down walls, of taking up or abolishing arms, of the correct and incorrect usage and definitions of certain hashtags.
And we’re all having the same tough, combative, and frustrating conversations on the micro-scale, within our own relationships, families, social circles, as we’re all collectively trying to process and work our way through the pain. Yet, in all of these conversations, the outcome is the same:
Every attempt to find a solution to the escalating violence and escalating trauma that goes along with it results in more of the same: discord, disagreement, polarization, anger, judgment, vitriol, and a deeper sense of disconnection and despair.
So then, what? What is there to do when all discussions centering on finding a solution end up furthering the issue instead?
I recently found myself having a heated and frustrating argument with my boyfriend about all of the violence and shootings that have been plaguing our cities, our country, our world....
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