This Experience of Being Human

I’ve often thought that if we were all lined up without our skin, what would remain would all be the same, and it’s this sameness, this commonality, that makes us all brothers and sisters, one big human family. If we could keep these things we share in common in mind instead of the ways that make us different, we’d have a warmer, more loving way of treating one another. We’d experience less loneliness because we are all family, everywhere.

“Walk toward the roar” is an admonition that can be applied to this situation. If you are facing someone who looks differently than you do, step toward him or her. See what you can discover to help you understand where he comes from, who he is, what he thinks. You are capable of understanding all people if you step up to them and listen. This will open wide your acceptance of all those outside your own circumstances, from the other side of the world. You will begin to see that “family” is how we need to treat all peoples.

“The family is the school of duties – founded on love” ~ Felix Adler

Keywords: Maria Khalifé, personal growth, self-help, personal development