A friend sent me this. It expresses everything, I think, about the emerging paradigm.
It also seems a fitting image and story to celebrate the fact that the trickster planet, Mercury, retrograde since March 12, turned direct today at 6:11 AM EDT!
Today i read a story about an anthropologist who proposed a game to the kids in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the kids that who ever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run they all took each others hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats. When he asked them why they had run like that as one could have had all the fruits for himself they said: UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy if all the other ones are sad?
UBUNTU in the Xhosa culture means: “I am because we are”
In Los Angeles, navigating the freeways, the anger, the competition, the overwhelming sense of human and universal disposibility, it was good to read this. Can we find that mind again? Thanks for the hope……..
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
Love it!! We can learn so much from those beautiful children.
incredibly beautiful in all ways – a word the world should know and put into practice – every day in every way – just beautiful – thanks for sharing here!
So sweet!! American children would not have reacted the same way, I don’t think.
Probably not!
Individual competition gives way to what’s good for the collective.
Wonderful – how simple life is, or should be.
This brings tears to my eyes, it is so beautiful. Would that more American children
had such an attitude. What an inspiration. Re the human box, I click it on the way down as I scroll to the comment box. That way I usually don’t overlook it.
Damn! I always forget to click that box. I wrote a long message. It got lost. I’ll keep it short – love the picture and story and thank goodness Mercury is going forward.
If you forget to check the box, just click back, check it, then go forward again and what you’ve written should still be there.
sorry about the box!
I am, because, we are….beautiful.
Thank you for this post and reminder, and I love the picture!
Oh, I love this photo and story, Trish. It just makes my day. Thank you.
It made my day when I saw it!
This photo shows how we are all kindred soles (souls) on this planet,touched and effected by every other sole (soul).
In other words “No one is a sole soul on this planet”.-)
And talking about “I am”,I can not recommend seeing this film highly enough;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeqB8JwpdE4
Great movie.
We saw I Am and really enjoyed it! But maybe I should check your link first in case this is something else!