But we Yooks, as you know, when we breakfast or sup, spread our bread, with the butter side up. That’s the right, honest way! -Dr. Suess

And now my friends, I understand why the Grinch was perfectly happy being alone with his dog Max. All the noise, noise, noise.

The discourse that exists today is at a dangerously high level. I am not writing this to say that I have all the answers. My blog is really intended to be my outlet. I am not asking for you to agree on anything except that we definitely need more love right now.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No not just for some but for everyone

I watch the news and I am sad. I read comments on Facebook and I am sad. I go to church and I am sad.

When do we say enough is enough and just break bread? When do we start to value others as humans and agree to disagree?

I know naturally as humans we choose sides; we can’t possibly be friends with everyone. Everyone was made differently. I get that but I think we can choose to be kind.

I feel like I’m in an episode of the Twilight Zone and Rod Serling soon appears in his suit, smoking his cigarette. Imagine in a world where no one got along and sides were drawn daily. Social media is the weapon of choice in this divisive world and it’s winning.

Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. -George Orvell

There was such episode where there was an experiment where the street lights were purposely controlled from afar and they were being turned on and off. Neighbors turned on one another and tried to decide who the “monster” was. In the end, the experimenters commented to something to this effect- it’s that simple. And indeed it is that simple, for us to turn to judgement and hate.

Dorothy was posed a question in Munchkin Land- Are you a good witch or a bad witch? Lines were already drawn. Maybe that’s why the evil wicked witch was angry. She looked different and thought differently so therefore she’s evil and they are not. Dorothy immediately responded that she wasn’t a witch at all. Maybe that’s the answer. Maybe we are just humans trying our best.

Let’s choose love in responding to our differences. Let’s choose kindness. Please, before I go and live above Whoville with a dog named Max.