Wrong ways of thinking

Humans steer their thinking
towards either/or.
There are hardly any compromises.
Black or white,
all or nothing,
good or evil.

If many are bad,
they conclude that everyone is bad.

If the truth is suppressed,
they conclude that there is no truth.

When humans stands on the brink of disaster,
they conclude: then let them jump,
because they deserve nothing else.

But there is also much good out there
beneath the dark, threatening clouds.

It is worth fighting for them,
to build bridges to our inner home.

Because not everything is bad,
not worth plunging into the abyss.

Those who are true are true to themselves.

Anonymous writer