United we stand, divided we fall...first attributed to Aesop in The four Oxen and a Tiger has been used throughout history since approx. 560 BCE. It has been used in venues ranging from state mottos, presidential speeches, and times of war to punk rock and heavy metal songs. This phrase has traveled the world.
It seems to me that this is one of those terms we use to justify our own cause. We take people who are already like us and unite to hold out the enemy, much like the fable from which this phrase was taken . I think we have forgotten who the enemy is… we have let the enemy divide us… he has set us against each other.
We have so many divisions that when it is all said and done we stand alone. Oh we have our groups that have been assigned to… groups who also stand alone waging war against each other. I could name them but you know their names already. You know the name of the one you associate yourself with and also the name of the enemy in which you stand against.
These groups start in Kindergarten, cliques we call them, inside the clique every person feels alone. You remember, don’t you? Junior High and High School were the worst for belonging yet feeling alone. Gossip and backstabbing made it hard to trust anyone… The adult world is much the same.
We all have our ideals… the things we have learned from the time we were young until today that tell us who we are. We are so self centered that we take that and apply it to everyone. Everyone should be the same as us and if they are not… well quiet honestly… they are the enemy.
It is time to embrace our differences and look for our similarities…. Stand with one another instead of against.
We are all people, humans, and we are all doing what we know how to do… when we divide that camp we are destined to fall.
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