Diversity

Diversity is something I keep hearing of a lot, especially in regards to nature. It's really important. Diversity helps life in general to continue. There is a strength in not being like everything else. It makes you better able to exist in various conditions, especially when there is a virus/disease/plague because these things latch onto similarity, in fact require some similarity in order to make that next step.

Here's the kicker though.. we shun anything that is different, perhaps even are prejudiced against differences. Look at mankinds history: it is plagued with hatred of those who were different, whether different was of a differing religion, race, and opinion.

Our hatred for difference is most strikingly evident in the way we conduct our society.. everything has become mechanized for speed and mass production. Everything created the same or very similar. Eventually, maybe we will all have the same things materially. But when we are all 'equal', will we be happy? Will we be complete? Will we even be content?

No. We will never be even near happy until we can accept that we are all different and that our uniquenesses makes us special, both individually and as a collective whole. We can work together but we must respect together.

Here, Here. To strength in collective diversity.