Having an Opinion

My father has been an anchor in my life, he is not a men of many words but the few he has installed in me are life saving & worth a million dollars. The key advice he has always insisted that I know are:

• Respect your opinions
• Respect everyone opinion, even fools can make sense sometime
• No one person has all the solutions to life serve God.
• No one opinion is the best
• Examine everything & only make a decision when you have researched every avenue
• I will always be the sum total of my thoughts

I have always carried this with me, my fathers words have shaped my life, now I know I can never be single minded, I have to listen to all arguments in any situation.

I am neither Liberal nor Conservative; I am Liberal & Conservative on the various issues life throws in life. How can one afford to be only single sided? In politics one cannot afford to be just Liberal or of the right extreme or Conservative, the many issues we face & the many people that are affected, it does not help everyone being narrow minded.

Now more than ever the world is complex, we need to accommodate everyone & work together to achieve success in all that we do in this world. From Terrorism to immigration, these issues call for every perspective & opinion to reach an almost universal view. I can guarantee that no matter what decision Politicians make, as long as they are identifying with one side, the other side will always complain.

Being left or right winged has called for divisions, is has made us view anyone not in the same mind set as us as wrong & not important. That could not be far from the truth, every opinion counts, every opinion means something and can be the difference only if we can listen & tolerate each other.

First one is a citizen then a member of a party, we have allowed parties to divide people & yet what shocks me is the Politicians are always walking, sitting, eating & sharing their time together. While we all identify with a Party, Politicians appear to be against each other when in truth they care only about their success.

Be wise; listen to every opinion before drawing the line & closing the door on you decision about life issues especially Politics.