Where I Stand: Robert's Blog

Let’s cut right to the chase: I’m going to be talking about porn. Now before you decide this article isn’t going to be for you, I want you to consider something. We all want to live in a world where we can be happy, living in peace and harmony with those around us. Right? We may experience that to a certain degree in our individual lives but when we take a look at the world on a daily basis we hear stories of misfortune, violence and confusion on social media. Usually though our own lives are filled with enough of those things that we don’t have the time or space to really be concerned with the problems of others. We find conflict right around us in our communities and amongst our families, and we find it within ourselves. But thank goodness we have things to distract ourselves with right? To numb us from the pain and stress we experience…but only until the moment passes, or the drug wears off, or the relationship ends, and we are left with the sad reality that we are still as lost o...

My first idea for a title to this post was “Right and wrong: Why we have stopped searching for truth”. I ended up concluding it was just too bold of a statement and seemed to be cracking into something rather philosophical. But it does have the ring of a typical article title, doesn’t it? “Buffets: A delicious family experience or a terrible excuse for a meal?”, “Yoga with cats: the true way to exercise”... Anyways, jokes aside, I was hoping to delve into something a little more relatable, a little closer to home. We have all witnessed and been apart of arguments numerous times in our lives. For some of us it could be more like numerous times in a day. There is nothing wrong with discussions to come to an understanding between different individuals and parties, however that is not often the case. I’d say the biggest reason we argue or fight is because we believe we are absolutely right and the other person is absolutely wrong. We then turn a lot of things into a “you versus me” or “u...