I need you. You need me. We need each other. To be, to
thrive.
Together we are neighborhood, community. Team, work
group, congregation or interest group. Together,
several surrounding one thing that we like, support, love. That one thing has
voice and reach because of the many who support it.
Communities support themselves through interdependencies
that boost group understanding, joy of life, joint yearning for something
better, shared among them. Communities band together, too, and regional
communities form. Throughout a state like Illinois we find common cause to
share and support.
States, also, join hands to do the work of a nation. America is
such a nation.
Nations have joined their efforts to create shared resources
for positive developments. Like peace. Health cures. Education. Expanding commerce
to raise standards of living among poor regions. The United Nations works to
share all of these things, and to press governments into common efforts for
good.
Like you and I, nations are interdependent.
China needed the world’s community for help in raising the
standard of living for all of its 1.4+ billion citizens. Commerce did that.
international commerce. Manufacturing goods of all sorts that are then sold to
America and many nations around the globe. Jobs were created. Transportation and
housing developments were supported. Utilities, arts, communication and
education systems were all expanded to serve a burgeoning population yearning
to meet their own needs.
Russia, too, has such needs. Infrastructure is crumbling
after the collapse of the Soviet union. The history, art, education and science
of Russia is intact, but the commerce and economic strength is missing. It could
be replaced through cooperation with other nations. Interdependencies work that
way. Russia and China working together so they represent a bulwark to be
counted other than the USA. Yes, they think that way. Yes they feel that way. But
then, reliance on all of us together is something to be remembered and used.
The state of international relations is poor these days. Done
on purpose by many ‘leaders’ so they are noticed? Done on purpose to upset the
routine so a new balance and advantage is gained? If so, what is that advantage?
Is it good for all or just a few or one? If the latter, it is not for the
common good. It is selfish and destructive of trust and interdependencies.
Without interdependencies we are back to square one. One nation.
One people. One person. Solo.
It is not of strength, this condition.
Time to work things out and become family. The whole world
is watching how all of us handle this. Best we play nice and carefully.
I yearn for November 3rd and a changing of the
guard. So, we can get back to the work needing to be done. And the futures deserved by so many.
July 25, 2020
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