I remember one of my grade school teachers talking about snowflakes. Each one was unique and individual – of the millions that fell no two were exactly alike. Although I don’t recall it coming up in the lesson, each of us humans are like snowflakes. We are individuals, unique from all others. True, some of us may be flakier than others but still we are unique. Why is that?
Society attempts to make us the same but it fails. Education, as a subset to society, teaches us the same stuff, but we each learn our own lessons. Most parents attempt to treat each child equally but still some children flourish and some flounder under the same parents. The church teaches a variety of messages and each takes to heart or rejects them as they individually see fit (at least in America).
Here are some individual questions I ask.
Some see the role of government to take wealth from the haves and distribute it to the have not’s, while others see the role of government to foster the creation of wealth for those who prosper. For those who believe all wealth belongs to the state and it is the states role to distribute that wealth why did the USSR fail?
Some Americans see America as evil, while others see us as a beacon for the rest of the world. Of all the examples in the world what is a better option for us?
Some see terrorists as great, while others see terrorists as cowards. Why anyone glorifies an individual who kills innocents is beyond me, but some do. What is it about a terrorist that makes them great?
Finally, what makes us individuals?
2 comments:
John, even if you've posed these rhetorically, each one of your questions deserves an essay, or a chapter, unto itself.
Jeannette, thank you for the comment, I will think about an essay for the questions, but as unlikely as it is for them to be answered they really are questions I don't have answers to.
Thanks for the pictures on your post, and I hope you are enjoying your new computer. I really enjoy iPhoto, and I think you will too.
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