Difference of Opinion?

Most of the time family feuds are fueled by stubborness. No one is going to give up their belief, and they will believe that they've been wronged the most. That's true sometimes. However, the most well-adjusted person will have an internal conversation about whether or not it's worth disliking someone who has a different  belief than yours. Some time ago I read an article about a study done some where,where people held certain beliefs, and that no matter how persuasive opposing evidence was no one was willing to change their minds about their belief. Which brings me to the topic at hand. This country is currently facing a deep political divide. Whatever side of the fence you stand on the other side is most certainly related to Satan in your mind. So you can stop speaking to each other, which gets you nowhere, or you can engage in a hurtful, name calling argument, and none of these things resolve a thing, nothing, nada, except a waste of your energy. I have an idea. I'm going to propose a game that doesn't have winners and losers. In this experience agreeing to disagree is a valid ending to the conversation. Everyone has...

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GETTING UP OR NOT

O.K. It's Saturday morning. You wake up the sun is shining or not, it's raining or not, but you're warm, safe, and there isn't anything you have to do in the next two hours so you don't have to jump up and start hustling toward a work day like most of you do during the week. One would think it would be a time of relaxation, contemplation, or to make plans to do something enjoyable, and it is for some of you. For others, it's the time when depression, despair and confusion reign. To those people: If you're in a relationship, you wonder why you stay and if you're not, you're wondering if you ever will find that special person. If you work forty or more hours a week, you wonder if there's an end to this toiling away just to pay the rent, or maybe you don't have a job and haven't been able to find one. Maybe you have a job but your partner doesn't and you're tired of carrying the load, maybe it's reversed and your partner is tired of carrying the load. Maybe you're old and facing the unbearably sad truth that this culture doesn't value...

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