The author reflects on the heated rhetoric in her community over the past several months, apologizes for any offense she has personally caused, chooses forgiveness, and commits to a calmer approach while acknowledging individual responsibility for actions.
Category Archives: Inspiration
A Moment of Grace: Can Shared Loss Build Bridges Where Conflict Once Stood?
Grief can bridge divides, fostering unexpected kindness. The author reflects on moments of compassion amidst loss, urging others to acknowledge shared humanity despite disagreements.
The Mirror They Can’t Stand
Rebecca expresses her frustration and lack of surprise at encountering attacks each time she advocates for compassion and unity, highlighting that some people reveal their true intolerant nature through these interactions.
Unapologetically Independent: A Voice That Won’t Be Silenced
The author asserts her nuanced political beliefs, rejecting labels and advocating for respectful dialogue across party lines. She emphasizes individual liberty, responsibility, and the necessity of protecting children from harmful ideologies.
Blame the Country or Own Your Choices? The Real Secret to a Better Life
Your lifestyle is shaped more by your choices and mindset than by your location. Focus on aligning your actions with your goals to create a fulfilling life, no matter where you live.
The Ethical Quandary of Abortion: Whose Body, Whose Voice?
The phrase “my body, my choice” has become a defining slogan in the modern debate over abortion. At first glance, it sounds simple and self-evident: a person should have the right to make decisions about their own body. But when we apply this principle to the issue of abortion, the situation becomes far more ethically complex—because in every pregnancy, there is not one body involved, but two. And the second body—the unborn child—does not yet have the ability to speak or defend itself.
When Good Ideas Go Too Far: How We Find the Path Back to Shared Values and Goals
The article critiques the evolution of various social movements from noble intentions to rigid ideologies that deepen societal divides. It highlights how the beliefs of both the extreme left and right can stifle empathy and constructive dialogue, causing polarization. Ultimately, it advocates for nuanced conversations that honor individual experiences while fostering mutual understanding and shared values.
Going Through, Moving Past
Have you experienced an extreme dread of doing something so much that you will do almost anything besides that one thing you’re dreading? That dreaded thing could even be something that you once enjoyed in the past but now you avoid like the plague. You know that dreaded thing can be good for you, and will most likely result in great things for you, but you still procrastinate to the point that it becomes a huge hurdle that you feel you just cannot get over so why even attempt to?
TREASONOUS FREEDOM
… racism and discrimination in all their forms is wrong—whether it’s based on race, ethnicity, religious preference, gender, sexual orientation, political preference, physical disability, marital status, socio-economic position, or a plethora of other reasons. I can’t stand it. It stinks. It is offensive and repugnant. It’s destructive and divisive. It’s ugly and evil.
PERSPECTIVES OF AMERICA
Changing your perspective by stepping from one side to the other or getting higher or lower can often result in a clearer picture of what you’re looking at, and sometimes even make an otherwise boring photograph come alive and become a composition that transcends time and place. The same is true when it comes to looking at the many issues that face America.
Musings By Rebecca 