Automatic Attitudinal Response

After reading through the things I have posted from "On The Media" it was interesting to see the different automatic attitudinal responses that I had which come from primary certitudes or hidden presumptions. Each person has their own pre-determined responses and automatic attitudinal responses and I definitely do. This isn't bad nor good but we need to be mindful of opting to go beyond our automatic response and to dig deeper. One thing that seems to resonate in each of these posts from a primary certitude is that I was raised in a home where there is a belief that all people are doing there best and we should give each other the benefit of the doubt. I was raised Christian and believe that we all make mistakes but we are trying hard and I seem to give people the benefit of the doubt but they needed to fix their mistake. The hidden assumptions I have had is that we all need to love each other. I come from a home and community that there wasn't much conflict and the importance of love and compassion and I have the hidden assumption that we all love others and respect the circumstances they are in. Another primary certitude is that I was raised by my parents that when something was wrong it was my fault. In each of my posts there is a hidden assumption as well that people need to take ownership or accountability for their mistakes and need to take action themselves to correct it. I need to be better at assessing the situation and think maybe there was other factors in it that caused it.

In these posts I tried to look at all the facts of the situations and post on them from a unbiased view but in all reality that is almost impossible. We were all born into different circumstances and had different experiences our entire lives and that is what shapes our thoughts and ideas. I lived in a foreign country for 2 years and was able to be more open to other people and the challenges that they face. From that experience I am able to be more compassionate and has helped me open up and understand we are each here doing our best and just trying to do our best with the situations we have been put in. These assignments to post on various stories has helped me to look deeper and try to think deeper and consider the other sides. Talking with others has helped me to see other perspectives and try to see it how they do. I have consciously tried to look at other sources to see different sides and see that my opinion isn't the only one out there and isn't always the right one. Hopefully I can continue to improve and not default to my automatic attitudinal response but think deeper and look closer at the matter at hand.  We all must be better at this if we want to continue to grow and hopefully be able to unite our country once again.