Sides

I hate to take sides.
That being my main statement for the evening, I shall elaborate.
Taking sides has always made me uncomfortable. I remember as far back as elementary school--trying to make the decision as to who's side to be on in a crummy little tiff between girls. It's always a question of who is right and who is wrong, and I despise having to make that choice. Of course there are going to be times in life when it's necessary to take sides, but it's still painful.
Take the current economic situation for example. Sure, it's easy to nestle in my comfy chair that sits inside my wonderful home and say what I think regarding the decisions our President and the goverment are making.
I won't share those thoughts here, for this is not the time or the place.
The one thing I have learned is that if I position myself in the middle ground and take a look at both sides equally, I'm bound to find the truth in all of it. After all, that is what I seek--the truth.
I desperately want everyone in this world to get along, but I know as well as the next person that that isn't reality. Ultimately, there has to be responsibility placed on someone's shoulders, but who am I to decide that when it is outside of my realm. I recognize my authority here in my household and with my children (and of course there is my spiritual authority), but I can't have my way in every day-to-day situation that comes up. I choose to accept the fact that I can't micro manage the world around me, so I have to allow others to help with that. I can take responsibility for MY actions and just try to see things from a neutral perspective. I can't have higher than normal expectations of others either, for we are all human and subject to fall.
Taking sides is more than a game of who is right and who is wrong. I do not take it lightly when I have to align myself with a certain side, so I choose to do one thing---seek the truth.
The truth shall set you free.