Monday, February 13, 2017

US!
Pronoun-Objective form of We.
Us is one of the  most misunderstood words.  It can mean a number, as in you and I (2), the USA (350 million) or planet earth (7 billion), depending on your objectivity.  It can also mean an alliance, as you and I against others, the USA against Russia or planet earth against them out there somewhere.  The Arabs have a saying or philosophy which goes, "Me against my brother, my brother and I against our cousin, my brother and I and our cousin against our neighbor, etc., etc.  Us has become nothing more than the plural of "me, my, mine."  In other words the plural of a self indulgent, self centered, me oriented world, just like every other mammal.  Yet I am susposed to be of a higher order than them.  How many times have I walked into a room and finding someone sitting where I normally sit thought, "that's my seat."
The Bible likens Christians to a body .  It goes on to give the example of one body made up of different members (feet, hands, eyes, etc.")  Each an indispensible part of the whole.  When one part hurts the entire body suffers.
  Until I am able to come to the understanding that "us" means all people, all of us, and when one hurts all humanity suffers, I will always be a "silly person, a little person" and will remain one of a flock or herd thinking only "What's in it for me or maybe us."

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