INTERDEPENDENCE DAY by Donna Henes

All borders and boundaries and separations are pure
illusion. Each time we touch someone we leave some
of our skin atoms behind and pick up a parcel of new
ones in an intimate epidermal exchange. Thus we merge,
quite literally becoming part of each other. I am you and
you are me and we are we. We are all in this together,
inextricably bound, riding on our beautiful blue planet
through space and time. We are one team, one community,
one world, one living, breathing entity. And the sooner we
realize it, the happier, safer, and saner we will be.

These are deciding times. It is imperative for those of us
who perceive the big picture to make a concerted effort to
reach out in ever-expanding circles of affinity, support, and
empathetic embrace. Now is the time to create healthy,
functioning networks in recognition and in honor of our mutual
state of being and our common fate.

Let us come out of the cocoon closets of our isolated, separate
selves and set our intentions on unity. Let us come together to
make connections. To make friends. To make sense. To make art.
To make amends. To make whoopee. To make time. To make magic.
To make love. To make change. To make peace in our hearts and
on the planet.

Let us project ourselves outward as cooperative partners; as
interconnected members of our families, communities, species,
and world; as consciously coexistent inhabitants of our planet,
and as conscientious co-creators of our combined future. Life
on Earth depends upon our interdependent efforts.

© Mama Donna Henes *