Who's way is best?

Egocentrism, we studied it in psychology. I knew it existed before I studied--tho’ truth be told, I don’t believe I ever thought of it in those terms… that we limit ourselves and everyone that we meet to our points of reference, that our way of life is the way and any other way is foreign, or stupid or wrong. It’s a toughy, that stepping outside yourself and making yourself mindful and considerate of other ways of doing and thinking.

I’m not talking about tolerance, I’m talking about the way you were raised and that it was different than the way I was raised… that in my house we never mixed the peanut butter and jelly to make a pb&j sandwich, jelly went on one side and peanut butter on the other.

I say all of the above because two times in the recent past I’ve had conversations with the same youth who is limited in her scope of vision. She knows it all because she’s one of those youth… and she hears with filters on her ears, no matter how you say it, she hears it the way she wants and most often she’s ready to argue.

So the request is, don’t be ready to argue, not if you want to learn… open your eyes a little to those around you, get to know and truly care. Don’t whine and complain because other people live differently than you do and you can’t seem to “get along,” suck it up and make it work.