Tag: the world

Change of focus

Posted on by philipdodson

When our journey comes to an end, what will we wish we had done more of?

I wish I had more money? I wish I’d worked harder? I wish I had a bigger car/house/job/etc? I wish I had created more? Maybe all of them?

Or perhaps, here are some ideas that are often not talked about, I wish that I had loved more? I wish I had been kinder? I wish I had listened more? I wish I had been more understanding?

We spend a lifetime focused on more stuff instead we could focus on more love, kindness, understanding and listening. I wonder what a world would be like if we changed our focus?

Dialogue not monologue

Posted on by philipdodson

The challenge with only one narrative being voiced and seen as acceptable is that there is no balance, there is no respectful intellectual debate that would test the narrative being presented. So it is one-sided and as time passes it becomes dictatorial.

This is especially of concern when the one voice is one of authority that has been seen as a trusted source.

We live increasingly in a world of homogenisation and a single narrative where the opposing one is ridiculed and presented as ‘anti’ or ‘looney’.

If we want to maintain a healthy society there needs to respectful discussion of views of all, a dialogue not a monologue.