Caring for Our Global Family: The Key to Finding Joy in a Troubled World
Togetherness can bring more joy into our lives. It fosters a strong global family where each individual is appreciated for who they are.
We are blessed to live in a world that is teeming with beauty and brimming with a diverse array of humans. From every corner of our globe, we find people who, despite their unique backgrounds and experiences, are essentially cut from the same cloth of humanity. The underlying unity of our species is beautifully encapsulated in a theory that was recently brought to my attention; it posits that we are all interconnected through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than seven intermediaries. This concept, often referred to as six degrees of separation, asserts that we are all just a few steps away from any other person on the planet.
However, despite this inherent interconnectedness, we have allowed a multitude of problems to pervade our world. We have allowed differences to overshadow our commonalities, leading us to harbour animosity instead of affection towards our fellow humans. Wars have been waged, not against unknown enemies, but against our own kind. We have allowed our world to become a battleground, instead of nurturing it as a haven of peace, love, and unity.
Our world was meant to be a place where love triumphs over hate, where understanding douses the flames of conflict. The essence of our existence should revolve around loving and caring for each other, as every individual is but an extension of our human family. We need to take a step back, reassess our priorities, and strive to foster a world that thrives on unity and mutual respect. Only then can we truly find joy in our beautifully colliding world.
The diverse array of skin colours, backgrounds, cultures, heritages, and faiths that exist in our world should ideally be viewed as different colours in a vibrant garden, making our global garden even more appealing. Each one is unique, each one is beautiful in its own way, and together they create a rich tapestry that is incredibly stunning. Yet, unfortunately, instead of celebrating this diversity and learning from one another, we have allowed these differences to become sources of division and animosity. These differences have been manipulated and twisted into reasons for hate, causing a rift among us, rather than fostering an environment of acceptance and understanding.
Let’s be hopeful. No matter how difficult the situation may seem, we have the capacity to improve and do better. All we need to do is rise above these barriers that are holding us back. It's by coming together, setting aside our differences, and working towards a common goal that we can truly make progress in accepting people for who they are.
At this point, I would like to show you a video, which I have created by combining two cultures together. Art has the power to bring the world together. We blended Samantha Depatie’s Celtic fiddle music with my Punjabi Bhangra dance on the shores of the beautiful Lake Nipissing. As we synchronized our arts, many birds watched us, and the energy of the lake water added an extra element to our collaboration. By combining dance and music from two cultures, our goal is to build more cross-cultural bridges and remind people that we all belong to one race called "humanity.”
Togetherness has the power to bring more joy into our lives. A strong global family where every single person is appreciated for who they are, and where diversity is celebrated, can create a sense of peace in our hearts. It's the kind of community we should strive for - one where everyone feels at home.
(If you can, write your thoughts in the comments below)
Yes Gurdeep we are all part of humanity unfortunately people in general forget this fact. It’s our own emotions and reactions to what we think that perpetuate the bias that exists in the world today. Our need to feel apart from other human beings in a world that gives value to being different from each other instead of enforcing the notion that our differences are all part of the human experience not to be judged or condemned as something apart from being equal to being human.
The wars that are waged today cannot be justified by the sane, however, they are justified by the collective insanity that needs to exist in order to justify the individuals who wage them. We are a species that needs to pick sides so that we can justify our own sense of belonging to a cause or a group that holds the same dysfunctional notions about others. This need to belong is part of being human however if left unbridled or undefined can be as destructive as isolation.
We must have our governments refuse to see wars and mass killings of innocents as an option in solving political differences and enforce peace as the only option available to us as human beings to solve our differences. When we were children we were taught that violence does not solve anything, fighting in the school yard is not tolerated. How can we teach our children this ideal and the turn around and wage wars to solve our world issues, this in itself only reinforces the idea that violence is acceptable and an option. This is quite confusing for children and parents who try to instil peaceful doctrines in our youth.
Our own existence as humans is being challenged by this collective insanity, may God help us.
TERRIFIC!!! I love Celtic music and I can definitely see how it fits with your dancing. Also your words are so true. We all must do our best to be POSITIVE and encourage positivity. We can't be expected to love or like everyone but we should respect people and try to understand them. Sometimes if a particular person puts me off I try to look at them as if they were a small child - somebody's little boy or little girl and then I can feel more kindly toward them. Those people who are selfish and self-centred usually receive our contempt but perhaps they should be pitied for not having learned to be a better person.