At the end of a very long and stressful week, I know I need just a minute of feel good. If you do, too, take a minute to watch this video.
Not only do I love the message, but I especially love that it’s trying to get kids to spread the message. I’ve reached the point in my life that I’ve begun to believe that it may be too late for many of the “adult” generation to learn the simple truth that we are all—every single creature on this planet—dependent upon each other for survival, and we should be coming together to find ways to share this world and celebrate the differences that make the world exciting. Instead, we focus on those differences as a bad thing, and we’re slowly tearing our world apart, through both hatred and a scramble to be the first to claim and control some of the limited natural resources we have at our disposal.
And if it’s too late for the adults to recognize these things and try to do something positive in the world, then I worry about who’s going to teach the next generation how wrong this approach is, and I despair that we’ll find ourselves on a never-ending downward path. So, when there’s an initiative that wants to use children to share a positive message about the inter-connectedness of the planet, I’m all for it.
By the way, if you want to get your own young people—whether they’re your kids, students, church group, whatever—drop by the We Are All Connected site, and learn how to make your own video. Who knows, maybe even some of the not-so-young people will prove that it’s not too late, and want to get involved, too. Let’s follow the lead of the kids.
