A pretty shoddy job.

Too bad, Andy, that we always seem to need winners and losers. In the skirmishes in politics and life. I’m for finding ways to create more so-called win-win situations. Where both sides feel they’ve won something. They’ve learned to accommodate each other. They’ve learned the art of give and take. Not necessarily a total win. Or not a total loss.  Where we walk away as friends. Rather than enemies. Am I being too much of an idealist? A Pollyanna? I believe in diplomacy.  As an alternative to war. Let’s talk to each other. And to listen to each other. Truly talk. Truly listen. By the way, isn’t it a Christian virtue? To love thy enemy. Seems to me that both Trump and Obama are professed Christians.  Do they come close to loving each other? Does one come closer than the other? Does it matter? Seems to me that in the realm of politics, there’s no such thing as true love. It’s a game of selfishness. Not played for the common good. Maybe that’s the story of life . Too many of us out for ourselves.  A game of distinct winners and distinct losers. I don’t like it. Let’s create a winning civilization. Out of this cosmos. That the creator has given us. We are doing a pretty shoddy job of it. --Jim Broede