Note to Myself #5: Time for Peace

If justice is lacking

or available only to a favored group,

discord and dissent abounds.

As it should.

If one group is born with society-ascribed privileges

and others are born one-down,

strife is rampant.

And if people stay locked in their own perspective,

refuse to acknowledge and learn from

other points of view,

there is a dearth of understanding.

Making society more just,

opening dialogue between opposing groups

(think the reconciliation strategies in

South Africa after apartheid),

increases the well-being of all citizens.

That's how I see it.