Imagine unblocking everyone.
Not just online — but in your heart.
Imagine waking up tomorrow and deciding that the old grudge doesn’t get to run the show anymore. That the argument you had in a Facebook comment section in 2016 doesn’t have to define your relationship with someone forever. That maybe — just maybe — the people you once called “crazy,” “selfish,” or “stupid” were just people having a bad day. Or a bad decade.
Imagine if we all took a breath.
If we all stopped assuming the worst.
If we all stopped trying to “own” each other online.
Now pause and really think: What if we all unblocked each other? Not just on socials, but in real life. Gave people space to say: “Yeah, I was wrong then. But I’ve learned. Can we try again?”
Wouldn’t that be something?
What if, instead of seeing every disagreement as a war to be won, we saw it as a bridge to be built? What if that one neighbor you can’t stand actually had something to teach you? What if your old coworker, the one who voted differently, donated to the same GoFundMe you did — and just never told you?
What if the people who once pissed you off…
…turned out to be more like you than you thought?
The last 10 years have been loud. Heated.
Families torn apart by politics.
Friendships dissolved by elections.
Block buttons hit like fly swatters.
But maybe the next 10 years don’t have to be.
Imagine an East Brunswick where people say:
“I don’t agree with you, but I’ll sit with you.”
“We see things differently, but I still see you as human.”
“I’m not here to win — I’m here to understand.”
Maybe it won’t be perfect. Maybe some people won’t want to come to the table. But maybe others will surprise you. And maybe one olive branch, one unblocked number, one cup of coffee could start something way bigger than either side expected.
No hashtags.
No speeches.
Just quiet reconnection.
Because healing doesn’t go viral.
But it might go local.
And it starts with you.
