one voice in the midst...
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:12 pm
I ordered a book from Amazon and it was delayed...
and they offered me a refund, but frankly, I would rather have
the book in question... I thought about raising my voice and complain
about this... and then I realized that I was just one voice in the midst of
millions of Amazon shoppers... Who listens to, little less acts upon the
one voice in a midst of millions of voices?
and that is what we have, individually become, one small voice in the midst
of billions of voices... and one of the primary needs of human beings is
to be heard and acknowledged...and in the midst of being one voice
in billions, we can no longer be heard over the din of human existence....
when one is part of a small group, our voice can be heard and acknowledged...
and even in a crowd of a couple of thousands, we can still be heard...
but in a din of millions and even billions, we can no longer raise our
voice loud enough to be heard and acknowledged...
the mass number of people in the world has rendered our voice, invisible...
and our cries of pain and agony are unheard,
the cruelest fate we know, is not death or prison,
but our voice, being rendered silent....
and the meaning of human existence is not in how we see ourselves,
but in how we communicate... the act of communication is the very act
of being human....and to be rendered silent, to have our voice made
invisible by the roar of the crowd, that denies us our humanity....
our very being is found in the act of communication....
the most profound words in the world are.....
I am.....and you are?
and with communication restored, I can become, become human.....
and all it took is communication.....my one voice in the midst...
Kropotkin
and they offered me a refund, but frankly, I would rather have
the book in question... I thought about raising my voice and complain
about this... and then I realized that I was just one voice in the midst of
millions of Amazon shoppers... Who listens to, little less acts upon the
one voice in a midst of millions of voices?
and that is what we have, individually become, one small voice in the midst
of billions of voices... and one of the primary needs of human beings is
to be heard and acknowledged...and in the midst of being one voice
in billions, we can no longer be heard over the din of human existence....
when one is part of a small group, our voice can be heard and acknowledged...
and even in a crowd of a couple of thousands, we can still be heard...
but in a din of millions and even billions, we can no longer raise our
voice loud enough to be heard and acknowledged...
the mass number of people in the world has rendered our voice, invisible...
and our cries of pain and agony are unheard,
the cruelest fate we know, is not death or prison,
but our voice, being rendered silent....
and the meaning of human existence is not in how we see ourselves,
but in how we communicate... the act of communication is the very act
of being human....and to be rendered silent, to have our voice made
invisible by the roar of the crowd, that denies us our humanity....
our very being is found in the act of communication....
the most profound words in the world are.....
I am.....and you are?
and with communication restored, I can become, become human.....
and all it took is communication.....my one voice in the midst...
Kropotkin