democracy

democracy works on the principals of a well informed citizenry who can make educated judgments based on those information. but educated as we are, sometimes we make decisions based on perceptions. and sometimes those perceptions may be skewed.

i'm just very disappointed today by all the mean remarks people dished out without looking past the surface. if you just took the time to ask, and be gentle, most of the time you're going to get to know that someone better. and the reasons why they chose to do certain things a certain way. instead of the slews of "why are you wasting our time", just open your ears and listen. there's a lot more truths to be had if you had just listened.

this doesn't exactly concern me, but it kinda made me angry. whatever happened to mutual respect and humility. talk less and listen more.


+listening to: heartbreak warfare by john mayer