The elephant in the room

It's just a funny way to see an issue that bothers you. Some cultures like to put the issue in your face while others avoid the elephant in the room.

If you think about the image, it's funny. How can you not notice an elephant? But groups so often avoid an important topic that bothers everyone but have to ignore it. It can be serious like leadership or trivial like being fat or thin.

People in Hong Kong like to point out if you are fat or thin to your face. Manners aside, most people avoid talking about leadership because it's something they can't change. Yet unless you are talking about your personal physical state, you can't change if someone else is fat or thin either. Yet it's so often a topic for discussion and unsolicited advice.

The most important elephant is the topic of God. You can believe there is one or not. Like the topic of weight, I believe discussing God does not help us deal with our personal conviction or life. Religion tries to put God in a box but like an elephant in the room you only have 2 choices. Deal with God or ignore him. Talking or avoid talking about God misses the point.