July 12, 2023 – A

The only thing that separates us 
is our view of what is important. 

If we all placed the emphasis in the same place, 
we would all be one—
the same one. 

It isn’t just that we see things differently, 
from different points of view, 
from different vantage points, 
from different perspectives
from different times and places 
in the universe. 

It is that we ascribe value, 
assign meaning differently. 

We declare different things to be important, 
and unimportant. 
Our differences are differences in ways points of view.
From different vantage points,
say, the difference between two years old
and seventy-two years old,
we see more together 
than any of us can see alone.

Don't live for agreement.
Live for appreciation
and gratitude
for different points of view.

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