Together...But Alone...
What is it to be together, but alone?
Four friends sitting together on a couch.
Each one of them using their electronic devices to text someone else.
A couple out dining together with friends. They walk in together, but rarely say a word to one another.
They simply engage with others completely separate. You only see them together when they leave.
Two siblings in a room, pouting over who got more than the other...instead of just learning to share what they both have.
People sitting on a crowded bus or train trying to avoid eye contact...worrying only about getting to their destination and not if a pregnant woman, or injured person has boarded the bus and needs the seat.
A woman with her family, but all she is to them is their caretaker - that they'll never give back to.
A man of his own house, reduced to a man in the corner of the house and whose voice is never respected.
People who work at a company for years, but couldn't tell you whether the person working across from them was married or single.
A disabled kid left behind by his able bodied friends as they go to the park to play.
In the age of the ultimate connectivity of mankind...there should never be anyone who feels alone. There should never be a fear of saying hello to a neighbor...even if that neighbor is 8,000 miles away. Aren't we all part of the human family?
Today there should never be a man, woman, child or grandparent who feels left alone or left out...when we have Skype, Tango and ooVoo.
If we all started from one seed and spread out...look at how history keeps bringing us back together.
In spite of the fear of strangers and self-righteous and self-serving, murderous behavior among us - we still have the innate need to reach out to one another.
The only thing to truly fear is the lack of growth and evolution within ourselves. Reaching out to others always helps that growth process.
Ironically, that common need to reach out...is what really unites all of us. We just need to relearn how to do it peacefully, respectfully and fearlessly.
