pondering.
everybody is always ready for the next best thing, the next quick fix, the next new-age cure...
for the age old ailment of LIFE.
no one focuses on principles anymore, and in not doing so, we all miss the point!
no matter what you do, who you do, where you do, or how you do...
we are all destined to a common end.
this is why principles are important, because they are synonymous with a destination.
humans don't need to agree on the "means" or "tactics" of getting there, just that "there" is the same place.
because the underlying principles have to be in sync. or there is war.
take for instance, democrats and republicans...
one believes in less taxes, the other believes in more.
one believes in state power, the other in federal power.
one believes in less regulation, the other believes in more.
etc.
but ^these^ are not principles, they are just the "means" or "methods" for achieving a desired end.
it's ok for these to vary.
as long as the principles guiding the belief are the same.
beliefs are allowed to be flawed, the principles that guide them, however, are not.
principles are things such as: common humanity, decency, goodness, honesty, love, justice, etc.
those are principles.
when ^those^ differ (the underlying "drivers"), a war is always waged and fought.
think of it like allies in wartime.
they can disagree on the tactics or strategy for getting "there", but as long as it's honestly the same destination, no obstacle is insurmountable, because as allies, they are heading to the same destination, the same place...
principles.
