September 11, 2024 – A

Posted byjimwdollarPosted in06/25/2020
Sunset Charleston Harbor 01 B 12/05/2017 — Pitt Street Bridge Public Area, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
Despite the disparity
it is all one.

In spite of all the hatred,
it is all one.

We are different only in our
perceptions and beliefs.

On every other level or measure
we are identical.

Take away our racial-ethnic designations,
our sexual preferences and gender orientations
and their externally imposed evaluations,
and there are no differences.

Digestion works the same way in all of us.
Inhalation, exhalation.
Walking, running.
Laughing, crying.

A Jew experiences hunger
the same way a Palestinian experiences hunger.
Responds to love and respect.
Enjoys good company
and relaxation.

A black baby and a white baby
have to be taught prejudice and bigotry.

We are more alike than different across all lines.

Why don't we act like it?
Why the socially, culturally, imposed discrimination?
Why the caste systems--official and unofficial--worldwide?
Why the barriers and the divides?
Why don't we live together in ways we all honor and enjoy?
Where do we start turning things around?

Published by jimwdollar

I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing. I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.

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