Sunday, July 01, 2007

Find Balance and Achieve Health

Hello Friends:

Have you noticed that our country seems to be increasingly divided into polar opposites? And that the more a person believes he is being seduced by one extreme the harder he pulls in the opposite direction? That's not a healthy way to live.

In my temporary new home in Utah there are many people that identify with the majority religion and would call themselves as staunchly socially conservative. Other folks, it seems, perhaps in order to define themselves as different from the majority, appear to me to be radical humanists and eschew all religion. We've got quite a chasm here and it is reflected in the media, politics, and social configurations. It makes for unhealthy living. Balance is virtue.

Seek truth with humility and tolerance. Focus on the essence rather than the labels. Find community in sameness rather than difference.