I am missing something. I’m not quite sure what it is, but there is a fundamental piece of wisdom that the universe is trying to impart that is not getting through.
I look at my granddaughter. Her first impulse is to hug something or kiss it. Of course you will say she is not quite two so she doesn’t know how dangerous the world is. That is true, but her very nature is to be kind and loving.
Imagine a generation of children who remain that way. They eat and play and take what they need without any thought of hoarding unneeded stuff or finding one up-man-ship a satisfying way of being.
Instead of finding joy in winning, coming in first awakens a need to help the other person reach the same level. Instead of feeling anger when hurt, pain awakens the consciousness to how others are experiencing hurtful things and creates a place to repair whatever caused that hurt.
It’s not the American way. We are hardscrabble folks who get to the top by climbing over every obstacle, even the people. Now the top is starting to crumble, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could open our eyes to the beauty of that valley below where life doesn’t have to be one long moment of clinging to the edge by our fingernails while rocks poke us and people stomp on our fingers?
It’s dangerous to think that way. Our very nature as animals says it is a dog eat dog world and the theory of survival of the fittest is how evolution weeds out the weak, but maybe someday we can rise above our animal instincts and become truly civilized.
The definition of strong has changed some from simply having the strongest muscles to having the strongest mind too. Maybe that means there is hope for us yet.
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