The Age of Offense: A Call for Understanding and Forgiveness

We’re getting closer and closer to a society in which nobody is responsible for what they did, but at the same time we are all responsible for what someone else did. - The age of offense is a dangerous time. If someone doesn’t like what you said, your opinion, what you wear, or even what you decide to do with your life you are at risk of being cancelled. You could even be silenced for having one common denominator with a person who has been cancelled (ex. Same skin color, same political affiliation, same upbringing, etc.) despite having nothing to do with the original cancellation reasoning. - Conversations to understand and offer forgiveness have been replaced with my way or screw you type mentalities, and it’s killing our growth. Growth only happens through learning, and learning only happens when we ask questions and evaluate. If conversations aren’t allowed to be had, how are we supposed to get any better as people? - Offense is an event that can be forgiven, offended is a lifestyle that is destructive to others as well as the person themselves. Living offended is not cool, it’s actually very immature. If you are offended by someone the mature approach is to have a conversation to understand and work to forgive them. Only when forgiveness becomes the standard will we be able to grow together. - Be blessed and stay stoked 😎🤙 - • • • • • #hawaiiphotographer #oahuphotographer #hawaiistagram #hawaiilife #honolulu #hawaiiunchained ​#luckywelivehawai ​#nakedhawai ​#alohaoutdoor ​#hawai ​#oah ​