(sigh)
While discussing a serious issue today with a friend, he told me that the reason some folks can see only one side of something is a failure of imagination. I've been thinking about that. If someone had asked ME that question, my response would have been something along the lines of "probably because their life experiences give them only one frame of reference." The "failure of imagination" concept carries my thought a step further.
Unfortunately, I can't include in this blog the serious issue we were discussing, which makes this post ambiguous at best. But suffice it to say that if people had more imagination, understanding one's neighbor, friend, lover, co-worker, etc., would be so much easier. For the most part though, we don't have it. We don't think outside the box. We can't conceive of anyone thinking too terribly differently from ourselves. And this tends to make us judgmental. Not a good thing.
At some point, this issue I've been mentioning may well make itself known through this blog. And for those of you who read me, I hope you'll remember this particular post. It'll have more meaning then.
(sigh)
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