Here it is a little less than a week since my last posting and I find it remarkable how things can clarify themselves. No more angry phone calls, at least not so far, quite a few words of support and, generally, the sense that people are moving on with their lives. Just as they should.
What do you know, it was a tempest in a teapot.
It is something of a cliche in the media industry that the people who disagree with your decisions are the most vocal. It is rare that you receive complements on your work. However, I suspect as I reflect on the last few weeks that that is likely the story for pretty much every action. And that is very sad.
How hard is it for us to tell someone we like what they said or what they did?
It isn't really. But for some reason we are constrained by some social weight from offering positive comments on our fellow human beings efforts. ow this is not to say that positive comments are non-existent. Like I said I have received good comments on this and many other efforts, both at the news paper and my work in the pulpit.
Let's just say the negatives are delivered with a littlemore vehemence and a little more immediacy.
It is something I need to bear in mind when considering what I hear and see from others in their efforts to make this world a little better and more beautiful.
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