For some of us who may not remember we are all creatures of this earth with no special privileges; but a lot of responsibility towards nature and our world and the state of our universe. Some say the original sin cast humans out of the Garden of Eden and from then on, men have killed each other, for myriad reasons. All religions have suffered their great wars and destruction at one time or another, and some have gone on to become stronger. The devout use them to do charitable work and spread knowledge, compassion and love through their chapters. Religion is the comfort of millions in their times of need and personal darkness in this life.

Peace as described by Lennon seemed a possible worldwide phenomenon, which we should all strive to. We all share this earth and have to live and die on it for the most part. We can use to live in harmony with nature and our fellow creatures, or in a war with our environment and fellow human beings. The choices are plentiful and a person can use his own path, in the time given to him, to live. Many paths lead to salvation and knowledge and each one of us adapts to our environment to survive. More people have been lifted out of poverty in the past decades than ever done in the history of mankind, yet much more remains to be done.

Politicians of course do not see the world as one huge family but rise to power by distinguishing their own followers, from all the other inhabitants. Their message has to be one to rouse their fellow political leaders of division and exclusion, and inclusion only of their chosen followers. Their survival depends on the borders of their city, province, state or nation. They have to keep strengthening them with like minded people by love and other monetary or social coercion. To those who do not follow their philosophy they have a policy of exclusion by outright neglect, or even division of the state into smaller pieces. Others bravely expand by violence or influence into larger states and form new political alliances.

The word hegemony by large powerful states, is as ancient as human history. As different races emerged, they chose different areas of this world to settle upon by an accident of history. Languages and cultures emerged to live and die, with the ancient empires. Even today in our modern world this countries and states, form the backbone of our great civilizations. There is an innate pride amongst the people of different countries in their heritage and civilization. People become citizens of where they are born, and inherit into the house of worship they are born, in a divine throw of the dice. Brothers who are separated at birth, will swear allegiance to the different faith, and go to war on their beliefs, as each is righteous in his learned belief. In the sad irony of our times fate allows humans to rape the women, kill the children, and cause mass misery and genocide often in the name of race, religion or greed.

We have to awaken our inner conscious and strive to be humans of this earth, rather than parochial and mean. We are creatures of a greater future, and should not let our past guide us. If we were wrong in our approach n the past, we have still time to change it. We must march forward, with a new vision and hope. Please learn to embrace the differences of others customs and beliefs. Celebrate our festivals together, and learn joy and harmony over fear and hate. My fellow creatures are also dear to me and the flora and fauna has to be better preserved. We have to leave our earth richer for our children, and not poorer.  We are only the custodians of this Garden of Eden, and must learn to turn it back into that wonderful place, on this blue planet. We all laugh, cry, celebrate, live and die together in our mother earth’s bosom and can all become friends.

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” -Maya Angelou, poet (4 Apr 1928-2014)