Connections

There is a song by The Hush Sound called "Echo." A part of it goes a little something like this:

Echo
We are all connected
The lighthouse, the voyage
For history's sake, would you please take notice?

I was drawn to this song the first time I heard it simply because of those few lines. They speak so simply about the connection between all living things, the connection that so many men and women choose to ignore as they go about their merry way.

I particularly like the last line, about "history's sake." So much has been done in the past by those who have forgotten the connection. Wars, murders, the like--they've forgotten what it means to be connected with another human being.

I'm definitely not suggesting we all start wearing peace signs and shirts that say MAKE LOVE NOT WAR because I don't think we can all just "love each other." In fact, the idea repulses me. Love everyone? No way. You have to earn my love, you can't just have it. I don't go handing out hugs to every bloke who looks in my direction.

But why ignore the connection? This little tidbit fits nicely into my Plan Be [see previous post]. Be aware of the connection you have with everything around you, living and nonliving. Be capable of using this connection to save yourself from danger or death. Use it, idiots. USE IT.

Because nobody can "go it alone." Sure, you can try. But you'll be empty. Alone. Scared. You can't exist as yourself when you're alone. I know that sounds so wrong--why shouldn't someone be able to be themselves with no one else around? Because you'll be filling in the blanks by yourself, that's why. You'll force yourself to be everyone else you need in your life. You'll be your own mother, father, sister, brother, and mentor, just to survive. You will get left behind.

So if you truly want to just be, to just exist as you are and live as just you, you'll have to be aware of that connection. The mental connection between you and every other living and nonliving thing on this planet and beyond. Whether or not you accept its existence right now, someday you'll realize it's there, and you'll be forced to rely on it to save yourself.

You'll need other people to help you exist. And if you don't ignore that precious connection, you'll be better off.

Have fun, world. :)