But, you are the same as me.
If there was one thing I think would make this world a little less shitty, it would be if humanity could finally get over itself.
Great, so you can think about yourself and go against your instincts and create some form of art. Great, yes - you are wonderful. And you can do wonderful things that nothing else in nature does.
But, can we, for just a moment, comprehend that so can every other human being. As individuals, we are nothing extraordinary. Nothing outstanding.
You are just another one of us.
The problem with humanity is that we always refuse to see that us. We always just stop short - seeing my us and your us. Always seeing the differences between this group and that group. Between these ideals and those. Between my excellence and yours. Always notching ourselves up on the greatness scale, always painting ourselves as just a little extraordinary - at least.
I think that humanity would be much greater served if we simply acknowledged that we are all humanity. And, if we just got over ourselves, we would be a hell of alot happier.
Think of it: there would be no grading scales, there would be no expectations to have to live up to, no faces to put on. There would only be realness, only one real person interacting with another equally real person. There would be no need for selfishness as the fear of judgment or failure would be obsolete. There would be no need for protection, as there would be no attack. Simply one being interacting with another equal being.
If only we could see that all of our strife comes from our own systems that we have created to hold ourselves down.
If only peace were so easy to achieve.
Great, so you can think about yourself and go against your instincts and create some form of art. Great, yes - you are wonderful. And you can do wonderful things that nothing else in nature does.
But, can we, for just a moment, comprehend that so can every other human being. As individuals, we are nothing extraordinary. Nothing outstanding.
You are just another one of us.
The problem with humanity is that we always refuse to see that us. We always just stop short - seeing my us and your us. Always seeing the differences between this group and that group. Between these ideals and those. Between my excellence and yours. Always notching ourselves up on the greatness scale, always painting ourselves as just a little extraordinary - at least.
I think that humanity would be much greater served if we simply acknowledged that we are all humanity. And, if we just got over ourselves, we would be a hell of alot happier.
Think of it: there would be no grading scales, there would be no expectations to have to live up to, no faces to put on. There would only be realness, only one real person interacting with another equally real person. There would be no need for selfishness as the fear of judgment or failure would be obsolete. There would be no need for protection, as there would be no attack. Simply one being interacting with another equal being.
If only we could see that all of our strife comes from our own systems that we have created to hold ourselves down.
If only peace were so easy to achieve.
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