I am one man. I have no power, influence, great wealth or popularity; only my thoughts, my words, trying to cut through the darkness of these days. But isn't that all any of us can do at the end of the day. One voice, one person is not able to change anything. I would say you are wrong. One voice plus one more and another and another.... It is like a stick, one stick can bend & break, but if you bring enough sticks together then they can become near unbreakable. That is our strength, working together, forming a community. That does not happen much anymore, does it? Ask yourself, do you know all your neighbors? Do you invite each other over? Do you know your kids' teachers?
Somewhere along the way many of us stopped caring, stopped being involved with the community, closed off, so we can worry about our own interests and rarely about others, often until it is too late. I am not speaking of invading anyone privacy, just plain civility & decency when dealing with one another. One of the greatest strengths we humans have is our ability to form communities, whether based on geography, religion, similarities, political views; that support of others helps provide a buttress thru life. Right now, there are far too few and those few are crumbling.
However, that doesn't mean the house is destroyed. It can still be repaired. How can something seemingly so complex, so insurmountable, be fixed? Look to Mr. Occam. It's so simple one wonders why we haven't done it....yet. We just need to talk to each other. Start a conversation....about anything, as long as we are having a dialog. We have to build bonds with each other, watch out for each other. We can't do it all ourselves, we need each other. Then we trouble starts we can help one another thru it. Or if, worse case scenario, we can be there to help each other deal with the aftermath. There is a solution if we want it.
How bad do you want it? Ask yourself if we can continue down this path of violence, devastating loss & unending grief. It is never too late to turn it around. The answer is not without, the answer is within. All of us. Just imagine if we all tried. Think of what we could accomplish....together.
