Whole together

We blame others for what we have become. We rant on what they did and didn't to make out lives better. We think we are in dire situation because of what they withheld from us. We become miserable because of what they did not allow us to become. Given this is true. Before these rants became "them" we ask, "where was we?", "what have we done to ourselves to make things better?", "Isn't it not our responsibility to better ourselves?", etc.

The reality is our lives is now entangled together. The world we live in has become a global village. What happen to us will also affect and even hurt them and vice versa. "Them" is half of the coin, half of the truth. "We" are half of the coin, half of the truth. So long as we continue the divide in our mind and use it to continue the division in real life, we will always be divided, distrusting and hurting each other. The pain will proceed, the hurt will continue, the distrust deepen, until all the blood there is has been spilled and watered the earth.

The pain need not proceed or the hurt to continue. We can start moving forward, together healing each other and making a promise that should we be in a situation of disagreement we prefer to sit around the table of peace to reconcile and resolve, rather than let our angst and pride dictate our action and unleash our fury, and turning our communities into battlefields.

This is the promise of seeing and keeping things whole. By seeing and keeping things whole, we taper our rights with responsibility. We recognize not only our own but also the right of others to live side by side with us. Let us reciprocate good deeds and let us not make violence and vendetta the inheritance of the next generations. We have live long enough through the conflict regime.

We live our lives fundamentally by our own doing. We are personally responsible. This is the obligation that came with our inherent nature and freewill. Those without are not held liable for any. Those with freewill are accountable for their action. We can not fully enjoy our rights if we do not appreciate well our responsibility. It is not a choice between the two, it is both and both are congruent with each other.

We should always remember, we make each other complete. We make each other whole.