Things In Common
Updated: Jan 3, 2020

The world seems increasingly obsessed with diversity and what makes us all different. With identifying and recognising those things that separate us.
Spruiking buzzwords like inclusion and tolerance.
I find this a little misguided.
Tolerance, if nothing else, simply means putting up with those things you don’t like – not exactly an ideal virtue for one to aspire to.
I’m much more interested, not in the things that make us different, but in all those things we share in common.
In those things that make us all uniquely human.
Part of the same human family, sharing in the same human experience
In those fundamental truths we all have embedded deep within us that have proved undeniable across all cultures and across all time.
That we are all born and we all have to face death
That we all fundamentally just want to be loved
That we all need to live a life that is meaningful and purposeful
That we all need nourishment
To be able to raise our children