Human beings are more alike than we are unalike

As humans we have a tendency to want to be on top at the expense of others. To beat out our counterparts. To make them look bad. Believing falsely that when we do so, we make ourselves look better. When in reality we make our collective whole look bad when we make one look bad because we are one in the same. As the late great Dr. Maya Angelou says, “Human beings are more alike than they are unalike”.

We are all of the same essence. Come from the same place –wherever that may be. We all have similar genes and are similarly made up. And I believe we are of the same energy – that when we upset the energy of one, we upset the energy of all.

When we sling mud, throw stones and call names, we hurt ourselves because at the base of it all we are talking about our own insecurities. Think about it. How can we be such experts on a particular behavior if we do not know it intimately? The only way we can be so vehement about something is because we either have experienced it or we are afraid to experience it. Therefore we lash out, thinking we are protecting ourselves when in fact we are damaging ourselves. Helping to make our human race that much more vulnerable and fragile by manifesting bad energy. Opening the door for negative energy to grow and expand. Snake into our hearts and souls. Leading us down a path of darkness.

So I believe the question we need to be asking ourselves is, what do I do today to become the person I want to become? Substitute that question rather than trying our hardest to tear each other down. Rather than trying our hardest to deflect the attention away from ourselves by pulling down another. We are all human beings and as the late great Maya Angelou also said quoting from Terrence, “I am a human being. Nothing human can be alien to me.”

And the reason it can’t be alien is because what one does as a human, we are all capable as humans of doing. Therefore we are not meant to judge another but rather to accept that we could be in that person’s shoes because we are capable of carrying out any action that another human can. So let’s start changing the way we act, react to each other and instead intend to use our energy constructively. Lifting each other up. Praising each other. Showing compassion for each other because we are one in the same – human beings looking to give and receive love.

There is no need to tear down each other because in tearing down one, we tear down us all. Remembering always we, human beings, are more alike than we are unalike. Because at the end of our lives, the question we will most likely ask is not how much did we hate. No the question will be how much did we love? So why waste our time living hating and destroying when we could be making and giving love – adding to the abundance that exists for us all.