We're all 'valued' winners.

Doesn’t matter if we have different values. We can still love each other. East and West. I’m told there’s a split. That certain countries. Are abandoning Western values and tilting more toward Eastern values. Goes the other way, too. Some have decided to go from East to West. Some politicians have looked at the shifting. With askance. And alarm. Especially if their side looks like the loser. In this perceived game of shifting values. I see it differently. I abhor politics. I’ve learned to like the other guy’s values almost as much as mine. I co-exist. Happily. Willingly. The East tends to live in time. The West lives in space. One favors rest. The other activity. People choose between living in and living with nature. Often, the divide comes to freedom of speech and freedom of silence. Some cherish wisdom of years. Others cherish vitality of youth. Some ask whether it’s better to honor austerity or to honor achievement. On and on the list goes. Of the values. That are supposed to divide the East and the West. As for me, I like all these values. On both sides. Doesn’t matter whether any single value is linked more to the East or more to the West. They’re all good and decent values. They all represent ways to express one’s love. Of life. No side is better than the other. We’re all ‘valued’ winners. When we learn to love. Each other. –Jim Broede