“One Love, one blood
One life, you got to do what you should
One life, with each other
Sisters, brothers
One life, but we’re not the same
We get to carry each other, carry each other”
-U2
This sums it up pretty well. We
are in this together, whether you acknowledge it or not. Joining together with others to form a
society is acknowledging this truth.
Pretending that the act of joining a society is meaningless and involves
no sacrifices or obligations and brings no benefits but is instead a sort of
accident of circumstances is an attempt to deny this reality. We are in ‘this’ together, and ‘this’ is a
big deal. Even if you think there is another
life, this one that we are in now only happens once. It is “one life.” This “one life” is important. It is certainly important enough to
acknowledge that although we are individuals, we only survive and thrive as a
group. We are different … “we’re not the
same.” But we are “one life.” We will always disagree on what we should do together
as a society, but we need to stop disagreeing as to whether we are a society. “We get to carry each other,” and we need to
start realizing what a necessity and what a privilege that is.
No comments:
Post a Comment