UBUNTU

Today I learned the concept of Ubuntu...

Ubuntu speaks of the very essence of being human

The only way we can ever be human is TOGETHER

The only way we can be free is TOGETHER, connected

If I diminish you, I diminish myself

A person is a person through other people…

We need other human beings in order to be human

I am human because I belong

I am because we are...

My humanity is inextricably bound up in yours

We belong in a bundle of life

We are made for goodness

We are made for love

We are made for friendliness

We are made for togetherness

We are made for all the beautiful things that you and I know

We are made to tell the world that there are no outsiders

All are welcome: black, white, red, yellow, rich, poor, educated, not educated, male, female, gay, straight, all, all, all

We all belong to this family, this human family, God’s family

(From Desmond Tutu's writings on Ubuntu)

What gives us a dignity is not our independence, but rather our interdependence, our ability to participate and share with one another, our vulnerability. We are because of others!

Ubuntu - “I am what I am because of who we all are”

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