Crisis and Diversity

The United States embodies the definition of diversity.  From race, to ethnicity, to gender, to religion, to age, the U.S. provides a context where diverse groups can function within a common society.

And yet with all of the diversity, there are some basic needs that Maslow says binds us together. We all require clean air to breathe.  We need food for nutrition and water for hydration.  We all want to be safe, and we all need love and affection.  These are what we call the Human Factors.

So when a crisis hits it is these Human Factors that take precedence over any differences we may possess.  When disaster hits, you don’t see one group of citizens refusing to help another group of citizens.  You see people from all demographics coming together to help each other.  Partisanship no longer matters.  Extremism has no place.  When humans need help, humans come to help.

Maybe it is through disaster and crisis that Providence is trying to guide us to be better.  The Master commands, “Love ye one another, as I have loved you.”  When crisis hits, we do not hesitate to follow that commandment, but as soon as some sense of normalcy is restored, we go back to our prejudices and biases.

Something tells me that we’re missing it.  We were put here to love and live and care for one another.  The Master asks nothing else of us.  It shouldn’t take disaster or crisis for us to get that.

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