
Of all human dealings, satire is the very lowest, and most mean and common. It is the equivalent in words for what bullying is in deeds; and no more bespeaks a clever being, then the other does a brave one. God never speaks to us in dramatic ways, but in ways that are subtle. Symbolic interactions contend that all of social life—including social institutions—are in a constant state of flux. This is because people continually define and redefine relationships, and even those social arrangements that appear to be deeply embedded in social structure change. Interactions contend that there is more flexibility in roles and relationships and much greater possibility for change. Interactionists stress that human social structure is built of all collections of people who interact with one another according to expectations rather than certainties. This results in a constant reordering of society as people in interaction define and redefine social relationships and expect changes. Most people yearn for intimacy and deeper connections. Going back to the roots of how you have developed your beliefs, fears, and hopes about life can be very exciting and illuminating.

If you are regarded as a hero, it is one thing to follow God’s way of service, but quite another thing if the road marked out for you by God required becoming one who submit meekly to domination or mistreatment by others. Are you ready to be sacrificed like that? Are you willing to give and be poured out until you are used up and exhausted? Competent communication requires the ability and the willingness to adapt communication behavior to changing situations. Some individuals, however, get locked into the mindset that they must play a certain role and there are no good substitutes. Leader, information giver, feeling expresser, and tension reliever are among the most likely candidates for role fixation—the acting out of a specific role alone no matter what the situation might require. Professional comedians sometimes do not know when to be serious in social gatherings. They are always “on.” Lawyers who cross-examine their spouses as they do hostile witnesses on the stand at a criminal trial may find their role fixation is a ticket to a court of a decidedly civil sort.

It is fiction to think that institutional arrangements benefit all individuals and society as a whole. Instead, institutional arrangements grant a disproportionate share of wealth, power, and privilege to certain individuals and classes, and it is they who seek to maintain the existing conditions or state of affairs by defining particular institutional arrangements—whether slavery, feudalism, or capitalist system—as vitally important to society. We look for vision from Heaven and for Earthshaking events to see God’s power. Even the fact that we are dejected is proof that we do this. Yet, we never realize that all the time God is at work in our everyday events and in the people around us. If we will only obey and do the task that He has placed closet too us, we will see Him. One of the most amazing revelations of God comes to us when we learn that. It is in the everyday things of life that we realize the magnificent of Christ. Society is structured, but many use their roles, statuses, and institutions to exploit and dominate subordinates as well as to maintain and perpetuate elite wealth, power, and privilege.

The American institution: the economy emphasizes, however, free enterprise, and religion free will; the family system promotes high mobility and individual choice; the education system stresses competition and being first; the mass media glorify stars and heroes, and the political system, with its democratic ideology, emphasizes the personal character of political candidates, as well as universal suffrage. Review the prevailing beliefs about love and intimacy at the time you grew up, and how your cultural roots helped shaped you. That consists of your ethnicity, class, geographical location, neighborhood, religion, education, and even how the media influenced you. Also, take a good look at the relationships you have experienced in your adult life to see how your fears, hopes, longings, and even aversions have been determined. Conflict theorists’ reason that it is impossible to understand human behavior without reference to social stratification, for people’s positions in the social hierarchy influence virtually everything they think and do.

It is important to realize at the outset that stereotypes are not simply something that only bigots have experience with. We all know about stereotypes; they are a cognitive structure that contains the perceiver’s knowledge, beliefs, and expectancies about some human group. Stereotypes clearly do not give us the whole picture of a group, as if such a thing is even possible, and they are not neutral in their evaluations. Instead, stereotypes give us highly edited and distorted images of groups that tend to support the way groups are treated in society. Cultural stereotypes of minority groups, especially, tend to reflect the biases and the histories of the majority (keep in mind majority is a relative term that could relate to a mindset, gender, age group, and may vary depending on geographical location), such that the people being stereotypes are reduced to a few characteristics that are socially relevant for understanding that group’s perceived place in society.

We, as individuals, may not endorse these stereotypes at all, nor have any intention of seeing the World through prejudicial lenses. However, unfortunately, a stereotype, as just another schema that helps some process the World around them, and helps them maintain a view of that World that works in favor of their majority. If they know about them, people can inhibit these tendencies, but they have to have the cognitive capacity to overcome prejudice. The inferences many may about other people’s behavior tends to be biased in favor of their in-group. People tend to make the in-groups they identify with look good and the outgroups they do not identify with look bad. In theory, in-group members seeing someone doing something bad will be more likely to attribute that behavior to internal causes if the person is not one of their, a member of the outgroup. However, if it is an in-group member doing something awful, they will attribute the bad sinful behavior to external factors. Examine your reasons and continually look back to the foundation of your love and affection and remember where your Source of power comes from.

Be exhausted for God (Allah, Buddha, Djevel, Goddess, Jehovah, Lord, Nature) but remember that is your supply. The real test of spiritual focus is being able to bring your mind and thoughts under control. Is your mind focused on the face of an Idol? Is the idol yourself? Is it your work? If so, then your ability to see your creator is blinded. You will be powerless when faced with difficulties and will be forced to endure in deviance. If your power to see has been blinded, do not look back on your own experiences, but look to God. It is God you require. Lift up your eyes and see who has created things. Your mind is the greatest Gift God has given you, and it ought to be devoted entirely to your savior. This will be one of the greatest assets of your faith when a time of trial comes, because then your faith and the Spirit of your Source will work together. You will begin to see that your thoughts are from your Source as well, and your mind will no longer be at the mercy of your impulsive thinking, but will always be used in the service of your creator. Therefore, be deliberate careful and thoughtful.
