I am an idealist. I happen to be a Christian.  I celebrate Christmas.  My Jewish friends celebrate Hanukkah.  My Muslim friends celebrate Eid-e-Milad. There are many religions, and each of them have many other celebrations, but Hanukkah and Christmas and  Eid-e-Milad are in December, and it is December as I am writing this.  It occurred to me that we often zero in on the differences between ourselves and others when there are so many things we have in common.  Other believers and those who are not believers in any particular faith, all have the same physical bodies and the same basic needs to simply live.

Why then, do we often insist that our way of being part of an organized religion or spiritual path are superior to those who are different from ourselves?  Most of us are born into the belief of our families in different parts of the world where the prevalent way of worship is passed on from generation to generation.  Geography plays a large role in what a person believes in.  It is something to think about.

Why not focus on the ways of love, such as goodness and kindness and compassion?  These are things that can bind people together for the good of all. I prefer to think that these are the things we all should concentrate on, because it is the one thing that should be a part of every path of living a good life.

Let’s try to be a part of the solution to the disagreements and negative thoughts toward people who are different from ourselves.  Then perhaps, the world will be better place for all of us to live and love and worship in a way that will please God and bring peace to all the world.