Living as ONE … (06/27/14)
How odd it was sitting in a German restaurant last night watching the USA play Germany in the World Cup; and how odd it was for the Germans sitting near me to hear me, a born American, applauding & cheering the success of THEIR team … How odd it is that we draw lines on a map and say our pledges of allegiance and listen to our teachers & our politicians and forget that WE ARE ALL ONE FAMILY on this Earth; that the pain of another, regardless of his or her country of origin, is my pain — and that his or her Joy is mine as well.
“Imagine there’s no countries … It isn’t hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too.
Imagine all the people, living life in peace …
You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.
I hope someday you will join us,
And the world will be as one.” ~ John Lennon
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