If You Can’t Play Well With Others

This seemed timely in light of all of the childish behavior being exhibited by adults everywhere. It doesn’t seem to make much difference about their adult beliefs or their social position: rich, poor, religious, atheist, artistic, or scientific (trust me there’s more). All of the iterations of adulthood personae have created an interwoven web of destructive views. And that web is threatening to collapse our very society because we adults have forgotten that simple rule we were given as children: Learn to play well with others.

We’ve seen the pranks that children play on one another when they disagree. It’s usually simple harmless fun, although at the time their young worlds felt as though they’d disintegrated. Well, the pranks that we play as adults are much more catastrophic because we are at the top of the social familial hierarchy and dictate how the world should behave. So far, we adults are only showing that we’ve actually forgotten our childhood lessons once we matured.

So what happens when the adults refuse to play fairly in a supposedly controlled society (click on link for corresponding new articles):

• Ineffective Governing: 1 – Debt Talks Will Collapse National Stability, 2 – Narrow-Minded Politics, 3 – Death of An Innocent, 4 – When Government Interferes, 5 – Is America Over?
• Unfair practices: 1 – Isn’t everyone supposed to be using the same practices in polite society?, 2 – Banks vs. Consumers, 3 – When Money Makes Greedy Decisions, 4 – Airlines Stick It To Consumers Once Again, 5 – Is Apple Going Rotten, 6 – The Web Isn’t  Yours
• Disenfranchisement: 1 – What Happens When Polite Society Refuses To Listen, 2 – When Ideology Loses Its Mind,
• Intolerance and Prejudice: Norway’s Horror on 7/24/11, 2 – Lawsuit Already Filed Against Marriage Equality, 3 – Getting Passed Racial Prejudice, 4 – Prejudice and Rape

But here are some of the positive lessons that we can learn from:

• Selfless Act Lives On
• Equality Comes In Small Steps for Institution of Marriage
• Support Comes After Tragedy
• A Revolution For The Common Good
• Voices Against Slavery
• People Helping

I decided to stop looking for further examples because there was a lot more bad news than good, and I don’t know how much more I can take. Suffice it to say, I will never loosen my grip on my childhood fantasies and inspirations. For these have made me strive to create something pure through my own sweat and tears. I’ve learned to take the good with the bad because one can’t exist without the other. They are the true testament as to where each of us stands on the moral scale. Not social morality, but simple humanity.

These positive lessons are the ones that we need take to heart, because that is where they make the biggest impact. I think it’s high time that adults everywhere start to use their hearts in more effective pursuits other than romance. We need to be guided by our own inner compass, because it recognizes that our moral compass can sometimes be swayed by our logical minds and others. How do we get everyone to play well with others? It’s not about I, it’s about WE.

Note: At least the NFL has finally grown up and learned this valuable lesson. Let’s hope that it spreads to other narrow-minded adults (we all know who I’m talking about)! I’m done.