Communion of Our Humanness

We make too much of our distinctions

That which
separates and divides us,
one from another:
person from person,
race from race,
nation from nation.

Beyond all that
separates and divides,
Beyond the superficial distinctions
of sex, age, color, origin, religion, ability...
whatever!
There is the communion of our humanness.
Our instincts and impulses,
Our desires and drives,
Our hopes and fears
Are essentially the same.

We are kindred beings, soul mates,
brothers and sisters—
Of the same flesh and spirit.

I am my brother's and my sister's keeper,
I will do unto others as I would have done
to myself,
Because I am my brother and my sister
multiplied by the factor of all
my brothers and sisters who have lived,
who will ever live, and who live now.