Mother Teresa said that peace was about remembering that we belong to each other. In this quote, Desmond Tutu, says our humanity depends on it.
Humanity is all the humans but it is also the kindness that we have for one another. The root of this word has the idea that the basis of our nature as humans is to be kind. We should probably lean into that as a whole.
There is a glorious documentary of the relationship and conversations between the Dalai Lama and Arch, as his friends call him. It is wonderful to hear the banter between these two men, their profound thoughts on living through hard things, and their joyful giggles. If you haven’t watched it, I’d highly recommend it. It is on Netflix (and I’m sure other places too) and is called Mission: JOY, Finding happiness in troubled times.
Today my prayer is:
Teach us to be kind
remind us of who we are
remind us that we belong to one another
and our humanity depends
on all of us together.
Amen