Are Not Apart From Nature: We Are Not Apart From Nature
We are Not Apart from Nature
We Are Not Apart From Nature
Sitting alone in the forest on a quiet day in December, feeling rather ill, depressed, and in need of rest, I let my mind wander as the cold breeze blew all around me. The world, at that moment, appeared much more peaceful and much more accepting. The mental war I was fighting seemed to be subdued, at least for a moment. The trees swayed ever so slightly and birds chirped demurely, their life totally unaffected by my presence. In the quiet that surrounded me, I recalled to mind this one phrase my teacher continually insisted on the year previous: we are not apart from nature. I belonged just as much as anything else in that forest did.
And in that, I thought: so why …show more content…
This is why racism and prejudice is still present among the land of ours where we think ourselves progressive, enlightened. The poisonous root of so-called nature to separate, categorize, and compete fuel the uninspired to justify their misuse of their life here on earth. It is a fear that they are losing this game of survival, that they do not have some kind of advantage. So they must point to old and disproven ideas that their skin colour somehow sets them apart; because it is “natural” to see in colour and to fight against one’s brothers simply to survive. That is what drives racism; it is not because these people are inherently evil --it is because they are taught prejudice, they go to prejudice when they are afraid and find blame in other people. So what does courage look …show more content…
We are under “the strange, irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills” -- it takes men (and women) like Dr. King to affect change as it is also true of “nature” to be led as well as to lead (Birmingham, King 4). Dr. King found strength and clarity in his religion that the true nature of man could be actualized: “the solid rock of brotherhood” (“I Have a Dream,” King). He acted on this strength, he did not passively accept enlightenment. Instead, he glowed like the light in the world he was meant to become. He knew that “it [was] time to lift [our] nation from the quicksands of racial injustice” and he could not wait; he had to share his love that abounded in his heart and he did (“I Have a Dream,”
We Are Not Apart From Nature
Sitting alone in the forest on a quiet day in December, feeling rather ill, depressed, and in need of rest, I let my mind wander as the cold breeze blew all around me. The world, at that moment, appeared much more peaceful and much more accepting. The mental war I was fighting seemed to be subdued, at least for a moment. The trees swayed ever so slightly and birds chirped demurely, their life totally unaffected by my presence. In the quiet that surrounded me, I recalled to mind this one phrase my teacher continually insisted on the year previous: we are not apart from nature. I belonged just as much as anything else in that forest did.
And in that, I thought: so why …show more content…
This is why racism and prejudice is still present among the land of ours where we think ourselves progressive, enlightened. The poisonous root of so-called nature to separate, categorize, and compete fuel the uninspired to justify their misuse of their life here on earth. It is a fear that they are losing this game of survival, that they do not have some kind of advantage. So they must point to old and disproven ideas that their skin colour somehow sets them apart; because it is “natural” to see in colour and to fight against one’s brothers simply to survive. That is what drives racism; it is not because these people are inherently evil --it is because they are taught prejudice, they go to prejudice when they are afraid and find blame in other people. So what does courage look …show more content…
We are under “the strange, irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills” -- it takes men (and women) like Dr. King to affect change as it is also true of “nature” to be led as well as to lead (Birmingham, King 4). Dr. King found strength and clarity in his religion that the true nature of man could be actualized: “the solid rock of brotherhood” (“I Have a Dream,” King). He acted on this strength, he did not passively accept enlightenment. Instead, he glowed like the light in the world he was meant to become. He knew that “it [was] time to lift [our] nation from the quicksands of racial injustice” and he could not wait; he had to share his love that abounded in his heart and he did (“I Have a Dream,”