Aquarians are known for their fascination with the unusual, the interesting, the different. Apparently...
Apparently we tend to collect a motley crew of odd and diverse friends...
Apparently we tend to be drawn towards and interested in the unusual and unique in life....
I have been thinking quite a bit about difference recently... I have been thinking about the confronting experience of standing in the face of another's difference and holding onto yourself, without fear of losing yourself, without self or other judgement, without seeking to merge or find homeostasis... and in the face of that difference the challenge is to find its strength... and to find your own strength... and to find a place where the two meet in harmony to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts...
I realise that biologically we are probably programmed to seek similarity... its a survival instinct... things that are like us are A) less likely to eat us... B) useful to hide amongst from other things that would like to eat us... C) more likely to help us find the things we like to eat and D) more likely to have sex with us.
Yet at the same time it is biodiversity that ensures our survival as a global community... once we move beyond the survival of just ourselves, and beyond the survival of just our species... it is difference that is necessary for the survival of all....
So in the small picture it seems to be similarity that ensures our survival, but in the big picture it is difference that we need.
Difference is unavoidable...
What matters is how we view the difference...
Whether we compete or collaborate...
Whether we are challenged or supported by it...
Whether we allow it to compliment us and elevate us, or condemn and belittle us...
Whether we reject it, tolerate it or celebrate it...
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