I saw the following quote today and it brought something to my mind.
“I hope that you at this moment will think of yourself as a human being rather than as an American, Asian, European, African, or member of any particular country. These loyalties are secondary. If you and I find common ground as human beings, we will communicate on a basic level.”
Insight From the Dalai Lama: 2007 Calendar, Copyright © 2006
Just recently the movie “Miracles” with Kurt Russell was on t.v. We had seen it before on a rental dvd. It impressed me then. It impressed me the last time as well. I believe the Dalai Lama quote fits it to a T.
In the movie each hockey player announced that he was from a particular college every time he was asked where he was from. Eventually each player announced he was from the USA. The reason behind this was they were all playing for the USA team even though they were from different colleges, different areas of the country, and different backgrounds. In order to be team players and win, they needed to realize they were all from the same place and playing on the same team, together.
I believe that is what the Dalai Lama was saying in the above quote. We all need to realize we are on the same earth no matter where. We are all from the same source no matter our background. We all need to work together to win in communicating.
I would love to know your thoughts on this as well.
Interesting thoughts Sue. I have often argued with people that we are all a part of the human race, and not as differrent as people like to think. Now I’ll have a great quote to back it up!