Government - #101 - #11 - I’m at a loss ……

- I’m at a loss as to how to successfully deal in America with a culture or language other than “American”.
– I’m at a loss as to what we’re supposed to do with people who live amongst us but are different and not interested in our rules, laws, or customs.
– I’m at a loss as to how to “even communicate”, (or whether to “bother to communicate”), with persons of such different (or, at least to me) “meaningless value system”
– I’m at a loss as to how to interest, or, to motivate someone to try a new idea, a new approach.
– I’m at a loss as to where I “fit in” now..
– I am at a loss as to what “America or American” really stands for.

*** Simply….“I’m at a loss!!!” …. What to do? ***

Well, possibly, I can try to just live an “exemplary” life… “exemplary”, at least, by my standards!
First: I’d better understand myself, first!!! Then, and only then, can I undertake the “adventure” of going into other people’s “worlds”.
Second: I have to find out what my standards are. Do I have any?… What are they? …Can I define my “standards” in a language that can be understood by me, first of all; and then by “most”? … Can I make myself “understood”?
Third: Do I run a “hospital” for the world, or, shall I become involved only with my friends and a few groups with which I feel a mutual interest? Do I have an obligation of some sort to be involved with everything that happens in my path?
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I have my own “garbage can”.
I keep a lid on it. Not everyone can throw his garbage in my can!!!!
I wish to control whose garbage is in my can!!!
Is this a selfish point of view? Is it “exemplary”?
“What’s the Successful Alternative?”

Should I take the risk of “confrontation” and express my own views in as “non-confrontational” way that I’m capable of; or, simply “shut up!!”
It’s a choice that I can make! … (It does not harm anyone but myself, as to which choice I make.)
Is it a choice I can discuss with others…especially with others I respect?
“SURE!!!” …… “You bet!!!” …….

(Perhaps this discussion can be “A Successful Alternative”?)