There’s the mythology of rugged individualism that’s part of the American belief system. Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett are great symbols of this. The frontiersman out there on surviving on his own. Them and those like them, the mountain men, had lots of people on ranches, farms, villages and forts to support them, where they went to buy supplies, converse with friends, experience love.
We all need others. We wouldn’t exist without others. Going back to the Big Bang, scientists tell us if just a few molecules, a different temperature, just one itsy bitsy teeny thing were different, this universe would not exist; there would be something entirely different or nothing at all.
How many people contributed to making the things we have? How many to build the roads, businesses, buildings, cars and all the rest of it? We are all connected, and we all support each other. We rely on each other. We cannot live without each other.
I see God in every person, I see God manifested in all our relationships. I see God, God is Love, expressed in the connections we have to each other, with Love. What were the odds that at the beginning of the universe of things being just so to create this universe? What were the odds that all the people throughout history met in just the right sequence to bring our father and mother together to create us? What are the odds that the people in our lives are there when we need them? What are the odds that you were there, at the moment when a friend or loved one needed you, and you were able to support them?
Ultimately we all support one another. We build our lives with the support of others. We take responsibility to give support when needed.
No comments:
Post a Comment