Think outside the Circle

We always hear the saying “think outside the box”, but I am not a square so I would rather influence those to think outside the circle. The square friends that we often surround ourselves with often do not allow for us to grow. They do not allow us to shine, and often cast a shadow upon or dreams, and smother our possibilities.

I am a huge advocate of the internet, and bridging the digital divide and stopping control of the internet. The printing press is now the internet. The internet allows for the user to express their emotions no matter how trivial, controversial, or just plain boring.

But if we notice that our circles of friends agree with everything and do not challenge us or bring something new to the table then we are missing out on life. It is like a bird that feeds it’s young. We are being forced feed regurgitated food, and swallow it all even if we do not like it.  

We need to act as equal opportunity employers. Muslims need to eat with the Christians, the Atheists need to speak with the Catholics, and the Jews and self-proclaimed Spiritual should toast Mazel tov, and watch the fireworks. If we continue to surround ourselves with the same circle nothing will ever change. Nothing will ever get done.

I try to expose myself to people from different points of views. It is like walking through security at the airport, it is all out there, out in the open. We all have something to share. Something to leave behind, before we are buried and eating by bugs, burned to ashes and put on a shelf, or stored on top of others in some plush horizontal wall with a plague and our names.

I enjoy politics, it is better than a Soap Opera, or a reality show. They lie, steal, cheat, and then cheat, steal, and lie. It is amazing that what they do is allowed.

I was raised in a small town, but enjoyed big city life. San Francisco was my backyard. I started to understand the world is different in a way that I could never have imagined. I witnessed real poverty, true racism, and a whole bunch of other subcultures. I had friends from every walk of life. I knew people that lived in big homes and had it all and others that had to be street performers, in order to get their next meal.  

This difference of friends and people and the fact that I lived in many different places offered me the best experience in the world. The one thing that I have taken from all of my experiences is that we all have something to offer. We all have something to give to the world. And in order for us to reach our goals, not only do we need new strategy. We need to develop a society that is connected. Not just connected by wires, mobile devices or social networking sites but really connected. We do not have all the answers but if we work collectively we can find some solutions.

Think outside the circle because we are not square. If all of your friends are black, of course you do not know what interest others and the struggles that others face. If all of your friends are white, of course you think it is easy, and that there is no reason for others to struggle.

 Our politics, interest, and hobbies, often influence us so much that we do not even read what we disagree with. We act is if the child that does not want to eat their vegetables, but now that we are grown we can just toss them in trash.

Connect with others even though they may not have the same interest. I have friends that are old enough to be my parents and others that are young enough to be my children. These relationships have taught me a lot.

 Make those connections; make this world a better place by our actions. We need to pass down the tradition of the human being. The tradition of being social, kind, and compassionate to one another, because that is what will take us there.  

If we want to return to a world that is in balance instead of being unstable we have to connect with one another.

 Even though our ideologies might collide, let us understand them so that those fragments of truth can create a circle not a square. A circle flows freely, a square has dead-ends.

“Every generation needs a new revolution”   Thomas Jefferson