In my business career I often was charged with negotiating an
agreement with our competitors. It was
not unusual at some point to reach an issue where I KNEW factually it was
black, and my competitor KNEW it was white.
We tried to convince each other of the facts of the matter, but
sometimes still disagreed. And at that
point we looked to the bigger issue: An
agreement was needed, and so we agreed that the facts were grey. That agreement sometimes cost our employer
hundreds of millions of dollars, and on occasion our agreement was overruled by
higher management --- which thought it knew better. But we did our jobs.
Two people in focus in our nation disagree on facts. For the country, I believe, they should come
together and agree to disagree, to forgive each other for not being perfect, in
memory or in actions. They should agree
to pray for each other, and the country.
Then they will have done their jobs for the bigger issues, of God and
country.
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