Our Life Here Together

No, we’re not spiritual beings
having a human experience.

We’re not just visitors here,
passing through,
on our way to a better
or worse place.

This is not a boarding school.
We’re not just here to
learn lessons, pass this grade,
take a break back home,
and return for the next grade,
until we graduate and no longer
have to come back.

Our home is not an invisible,
better place somewhere else.

This is our true home.
We were born here.
We’re from here.
We live here now.
We will die here.

We do not have bodies.
We are bodies.
You’re somebody.
I’m somebody too.

We’re human beings.
We’re neighbors.
We depend on each other
for our lives.

What we say matters.
Our words help and harm.

What we do matters.
Our actions help and harm.

The children we see, of all species,
inherit the consequences of
what we say and do.

How we live affects everyone else
for generations to come.

We’re all in this together.
We cannot do this alone.
We all need each other.

We need each other to live
the best lives we can live.

We need to love each other
and help each other live.

Our lives are so short.
We have so little time.

We can do better.
We must do better.
We have to do better
than we are now.

I am committed to doing my best.
I trust you’re committed to doing your best too.