eNEMY

In our interpersonal lives

we are constantly creating conflict

as well as being drawn

into conflict created by others.

  Exacerbation occurs when blindness,

  ego, denial, and indifference

  cause each of us to blame the other,

  refusing both responsibility and

  engagement in remediation.

    When this sort of behavior

    is practiced on a societal

    or international level,

    we are directly participating

    in the creation and escalation

    of our own enemies,

    whether our differences are

    political, economic, or other.

  As long as weaponization

  and violence are both our initial

  and primary tools for interaction,

  there will be no peace

  and no amelioration.

We'll either have to detonate

all the weapons and

outlive all the warmongers, or

genuinely commit ourselves

to something more magnanimous

before there'll be hope

for a different outcome.

© 2016 Todd Jenkins