KLAMATH FALLS, OR— People who think they know all there is to know, when they don't
I am the first to admit I do not know everything, and never have. However, I take the time to research the areas I am lacking, or don't have the answers to, by taking the time to find out the truth and not let others tell me what they think the answer is. As that only ends up being their opinion, as they haven't taken the time to find out themselves, "if what they are hearing is the truth or not?". So, they take someone else's word for it instead, and then, continue the cycle of spreading a falsehood, that they were too lazy to actually find out about it. That would be too time consuming, and it would be easier to just believe what they want to believe, because it fits their agenda.
Recently, I was having a discussion with someone when it comes to religion and politics that I don't always agree with what this person thinks. But, we are both open minded enough to at least give the other person the opportunity, to be proven right or wrong, and that it goes both ways. It is not, "I am always right and you are always wrong", like some people are known to they think they, are always right and you are always wrong. Not true.
This one person that I have a lot of respect for has a great deal of knowledge in the area of religion. You noticed I said, "religion". People have been taught so many wrong things when it comes to religion, that it is hard to convince them otherwise, so they continue spreading the falsehoods. Until someone comes along, and opens their eyes to the truth, that they all but brushed aside before. Why? Because they wanted to truly believe what they believed was the truth, and nothing, but the truth. Most times, it is because they were taught to only believe what others told them, and not to take the time to find out for themselves.
And what happens is they fall into that trap, I believe what I want to believe, and no one else is going to convince me otherwise; that I am wrong and they just might be right. We all do it, myself included. No one is perfect, not even me. Surprise!
But in-order to learn, and be open about the things around us, we have to have at least have an open mind about it. And when, someone is not even willing to listen, it only tells people, that they don't want to hear it because of the great fear, they may be proven wrong, and that would bust their bubble of how they believed, something really was, when in fact, it was not the case, at all. Yet, they were so convinced, they were right, they were willing to claim there is no such thing as, where people can, "Agree to disagree, respectfully".
Now that is as far from the truth that you can get, for a person to even try and claim that very thing. And why? Because, they have convinced themselves, that they once again are always right, and there is no compromise, and everyone else is wrong. So, if everyone else is wrong, that can only mean one thing, they are always right. Right? It is a mind set, that instead of gaining knowledge, they have blocked out all knowledge, except for what they believe. Be damned what anyone else believes at any cost, even their own ego.
So, they get upset, and don't want to hear anything else, except what they accept as the truth, in their mind. And will do anything in their power, to try and shut that source down, and convince themselves, they don't have time for it, and will not allow anyone, to prove to them, they are wrong, or that there could be a different truth, they had never thought of before or were willing to accept, other than their own way of thinking.
What I have been discussing here is about a situation that happened in the park yesterday. Where one individual was willing to listen with an open mind, and other one, was not. To the point that the one unwilling to listen to another point of view wanted to claim, there was no such thing as, to "Agree to disagree, respectfully".
Why? Because of their fear of being wrong. Not only wrong, but being proven wrong, and that was way too much for that person's ego to bare. Where the other person once presented with the facts, changed their orginal thinking to see things, from another point of view, they were not aware of, but only wanted to believe what they were told by others, rather than seeing it for themselves right in front of them, from a respectable source.
The point being, I will not be disrespected by anyone, especially, when I am going out of my way to spend time helping the less fortunate, by providing a free cup of coffee and pastries to start their day with a smile on their face, knowing someone cared enough about them, to do just that. Along, with the donations by others, to see to it they do. This is not the first time I have had to deal with similar situations like this in the park, since this program began 11 weeks ago. And it will not be the last time.
But for this one person who seems to think he knows so much, and is so knowledgeable, then why is he spending time at a table in a park getting a free cup of coffee and pastries? Wouldn't his time be more productive in searching for housing or employment, rather than to try and convince others, he is so knowledgeable about what he knows, and others do not. Where he is right and everyone else is wrong. What did he prove by his disrespect? He proved he is not as intelligent as he seems to think he is. If anything he proved how he is not worth the time to spend trying to serve someone, that is not intelligent enough to know that even Christ, washed the feet of his disciples feet.
"Jesus washed his disciples’ feet (John 13:1–20), which symbolizes the ministry of loving service." But I am not Christ, and will not be disrespected for all the love and time I put into trying to help others, as well as, bring others together, in a social setting for people to meet, from all walks of life to be able to meet each other, and not just serve the less fortunate on a daily basis as I am doing now.
I deal with people all the time saying, "Why do you waste your time helping those that do not want to help themselves, and there are programs out there, but they refuse to use them. Or others who say they have lifted themselves back up and back on their feet again, when they were homeless, why can't others do like they did, by themselves. They did it, why can't they do the same thing as they did?
What works for one person, may not work for another person. The less fortunate are just like the rest of us. We don't always do what is best for us, now do we? Well, where are the less fortunate anymore different than you and I are, when it comes to doing things. We are all different people with different goals, asperations, along with personalities, are we not? We are all human and people too, regardless of where we happen to fall on the scale of the have's and have not's.
What I have started in the park is a social experiment, in more than one way. And yes, I am a very busy person giving my time to others in hopes, to bring the less fortunate and the more fortunate together and maybe, just maybe in the end, they can end up helping each other, and that is my hope. And I am even willing to let others try, and see if they can handle it, or do an even better job, than I have done so far, in this endeavor to this point, trying to bring people together, helping each other, and not just themselves.
To be continued...
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