[[ 28 ]] COHABITATE

All living things were designed to seek their own fulfillment.
They exist in their own habitat, and you - in yours.
Nature prefers variation. Allow it.
Other living things are not your domain to judge, own or dispel.
Chose the path of Understanding, and we can coexist.  Harmony leads to a better life for everyone. You can enjoy your preferences, without repressing a respect for others.

Disobey
By promoting Hate, Control, Oppression or the belief that yours is the only truth
And you have chosen to hurt. You may not mean to... but your passion for your path may make you Relentless. A sword, where a plowshare would do. A shark among dolphins.
So ask, don't tell. Share, don't shove.
Offer and you can teach, but be a willing student as well.
This respect for living things is like the gift of sunlight - it can nourish remarkable fruits of peace, and allow the good to grow.
Without that same warmth however, our world is left cold and barren in time.

And all that this beautiful existence has to offer
Will be lost to the ruin of people, inflexible in their righteousness
Unwilling to discern that the Ocean serves everyone, each in his own way
(... even those who do not wish to swim.)

Some would say that a heaven was granted to us, right here on Earth
Yet even good folk would risk it all, for lack of understanding our commonality:

We are kindred, meant to share this world and live together
Or perish, struggling, frustrated and dry and dead as bone.

All the fish in the sea, without the grace of water.

Nature prefers variation. 
It is nothing to be afraid of.

There are currently 79 currently known species of whales. The largest of these is the Blue Whale. An adult can measure up to 33.59 meters (110 ft) in length and 181 metric tonnes or more in weight. 
Despite being the largest animal to have ever existed on Earth, they present no danger whatsoever to man.

Yet due to fear, greed and Righteousness of Need 
              - humans have hunted them to near extinction.



Dear People of Earth, 

Please do better. 

Sincerely,
- The Scientist



If we can’t figure this out.. what makes us think that we’re qualified to tell other people “stop killing one another!”?  Our lives are micro compared to the bigger picture, yet the changing of this world very much depends on small, individual changes. Things we have to personally demonstrate.
Respect of others and respect of self very much relies on our learning to treat each other as if we are treating ourselves, living another life. At the soul of it all, the essence of what we are is the same – only our approach is different; the ideal that you are me and I am you is true. I could easily be you. And you might make different choices if presented with my life. 

We don’t need to agree with one another’s choices, but learning to work out our individual existence is a part of our individual evolution. Without such an understanding, we’re only fostering more negativity into the world, and being hypocritical to the very values which we both hold most true: that people should learn to get along in this world. - unk.



I think we can’t go around measuring our goodness by what we don’t do – by what we deny ourselves, what we resist and who we exclude. 
I think we’ve got to measure goodness by what we embrace, what we create and who we include.  – Père Henri, in Chocolat



What you can do.