What If?

What if the world was like a big crowded bus with lots of seats, and the only way to ride this bus was to actually have a seat to occupy? What if there is only one seat left, and when you look around you suddenly realize that there is only you and one other person left who are not yet seated?

Would you give up the last seat?

Oh, by the way, this person has a different skin color than you. Or maybe their teeth look funny, or they smell odd. For some reason you can't take your eyes off of them. Maybe it's the strange language, or clothing that makes you stare. It is of course, very possible that the person you are looking at is simply the opposite of all the things you think are good and acceptable. They don't quite meet the criteria for inclusion. They are the enemy. They are one of them. No time to be specific, they just don't belong on your bus. But wait...

A choice must be made now.

There is no time to delay, the bus is leaving. What is your decision? Can you look at the unworthy and just leave them behind? Will you offer the last seat on the bus to that person? Will you open your heart or close your eyes? Can you even look at them now that you are confronted with such a choice?

It is the way we look at "them" that has, and will continue to determine our destiny as the human race.

We are a world that is comprised of tremendous variety. We humans possess our own unique variety within the world we share. It is in this variety that we are offered the opportunity to appreciate all of life. If we see our perceived differences as simply variety, we disable the destructive impact of judgement. When we do away with judgement, we are moving away from fear. When there is no fear, love is all that remains. Where there is love, there is no them.

What if we all just chose to forgive?

What would our world look like?

Think. About. It.