Society?

Society?
What is society exactly?
American Heritage Dictionary describes it as:
A group of humans broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture.
That of course is just one example of what society means for it stands to reason that each and every one of us has our own beliefs and views on what society means to us individually and we live our lives in conjunction with our own dreams, desires, passions, wants and needs.
There are many examples of how extremely divergent our culture is in our ever-changing society. We believe what we want to believe, see and hear things as we want to perceive them and above all, many of us take for granted what others have to offer because we are too busy trying to twist it to our own point of view.
If our society is brought together by our mutual interests then we must come to realize what those mutual interests are. In these ever changing times, it seems our most strongest desire as a whole stands in communication. We all reach out in one way or another to touch others with our thoughts, ideas and views which in return causes even more conjecture. Many of us have a strong desire to learn and understand and the more we seek to find an explanation to our hardest questions the sooner we will find the answers. We must also understand that the knowledge that we already have and our admission of what we believe to be true may still be in the early stages of full comprehension. One of the biggest problems with communication I believe, are the things we choose to accept as truths that shape us and make us who we are. Many of us hang on every word we hear, whether it be by tabloids, word of mouth, rumor, news, etc... There are those that don't stop and question the things they see and hear and in return, make assumptions. Then again, there are times when the answers are right there but are often ignored or never seen. It's complicated for sure, but as long as we keep an open mind and step back and look at the big picture-the answers will come.
I have seen so many changes taking place in society today. The different views that clash in how our children are raised, how we view abortion, racism, crime, government, military etc...
Today, more than ever before, our society is faced with many more challenges. Some new, some old, but still very important in today's society.
As in all things, I still have a lot to learn myself, but I am always open to new ideas, thoughts & views. I have only touched on some of society-There are so many other aspects to our culture I could write about, but I will leave that for another time...Diana