Awakening….

Wow.. was i wrong. As a child, as a father as an adult, i have always believed that we are all equal, the same, created from the same mold. I have taught my children this very thing…. now the murder of George Floyd has brought me to this very awakening. We are not. I am a white man. I will never be a black man. I will never understand the struggles of the black community…. i mean i can read it, i can watch it, but i can not every really know it…..i will never know the fear of being profiled just because of the color of my skin, or should i say negatively profiled. I am the recipient of white privilege. I didn’t ask for it, it was not given to me by someone. It is just there…. i dont have the choice or the ability to return it, to deny it or give it back. We are just not equal. We are different.. some differences are slight, some are quite large…. and it is the differences that we need to embrace…. our diversities are what make us great… our ability to work together, to compromise, to respect our differences. I dont want to be anyone else but me. I want to be the best me that i can be….and to do that, i must respect you, your color,your gender,your choices, and your life. Yes we are all have rights, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We are free men…and women… and freedom is not a possession, it is not mine to give to others. I have no right to tell anyone that they dont or can’t have the same freedoms that i have…. i want to apologize for my missing the obvious, for thinking that racism would go away if we all except the fact that we are the same. I respect the differences. I want to discuss these differences, i want to understand you, so i can be a better me…. it is the elephant in the room, lets open the door and set it free…. love is all we need, built we must respect if we want to be respected… love to the kids… and linda… hi…