Wanted

Imagine a time when all conceptions are planned in advance.  Parents-to-be would know what's going to happen and would be prepared ahead of time for a new addition to their family.  No surprises, unless the parents'-to-be attitude is "we'll take what we get, when we get it".

No human endeavor is ever perfect, and even if we were to try to make every child conceived a 'wanted' child, we would never reach 100 percent.  But I think this is a goal we need to at least try to reach.  If every child conceived were a 'wanted' child, abortion would not be an issue.  Child abuse and neglect would not be issues.  So much time and effort would not be wasted on hating 'the other side', because I think all sides could agree to this goal.

But I also think that a lot of people - far too many - want conflict, not cooperation.  Cooperation doesn't get them the attention that conflict does.  Until our society stops rewarding those who create conflict, and starts rewarding those who cooperate, we will never be as great a country as we could be.  Far too many issues will never be addressed.  As I said, no human endeavor is ever perfect, but we could be a lot better than we currently are.