Rediscovering your humanity

Most people derive their identity and consequently respect, admiration, status from their context - family, friends, job, nationality etc. But, my travels overseas have shown me that outside of one's normal context, respect, admiration, status need to be earned by making an impact on people that one comes into contact with.

It is in these moments that one discovers what it is to be truly human - by relating to individuals in a way that warms the soul, and causing ripples of smiles to spread across their face.

What is needed in the world is for more people to leave their comfort zones and connect the universal spirit that lies within them to the universal consciousness.

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. - Albert Einstein