Footprint February 2008

We is Stronger than Me

When we turn the letter M upside down it becomes a W. Me and we are two sides of the same coin and we need both of them to live our lives to the fullest. When we only have ourselves to care about, life becomes dull and meaningless, but equally, if we don’t have that caring for ourselves and try to give away something we don’t have, we also find ourselves drowning in a feeling of emptiness. We need a deep faith and love in ourselves and life. A faith that doesn’t leave us when the world outside gets tough, a love that is stronger and more compassionate than the one on the soap operas and a willingness to feed that contact with ourselves – every day. When we are ‘online’ all the time, we don’t have to try things we already know do not work and we do not have to look for outside acknowledgement because we already have it - inside. We know that we are ‘enough’ and we know that who we are is more important than what we do.

Having faith in life and ourselves makes it possible for us to reach out and meet people in a complete new way. We do it out of compassion, not because we need, want or think that we have to. We do it because we know that four eyes can see things more clearly than only two and that we are much stronger in our togetherness when we go out and make this world a better place to live in. Through continual personal growth, care and compassion for ourselves and our fellow citizens we become a part of the positive force shaping a society that we can be proud of. A society without competition, but with a strong will do work towards a better world.

We is only stronger than me if we are heading in the same direction, if we are a team striving with a mission towards the same destination. We are meant to feel that spark inside telling us that ‘this is the right path, keep going’. The same thing with everything that we have in our lives, everything that doesn’t make us feel fully alive is too small for us. With faith in ourselves, other people and life we can make a difference. It all starts with us and with small actions. A smile, holding a reaching hand or honouring the beauty of nature. Slowing down to be able to digest everything we take in every day. A standing for something, saying no and saying yes. Dropping the laziness. Daring to make a difference, daring to care and daring to be a living example of peace. Changing perspective from get to give and from me to we.