We’ve entered the second month of the second half of 2025, and before you know it; jingle bells will jingle everywhere again. Maybe you can’t wait to jump into the festivities, maybe you’d rather skip it, or maybe you think: ‘Wait, what? That is the last thing on my mind!’. In today’s Connection Letter, I share my thoughts on the normality of diversity…
Santa Claus
Previous Connection Letter I concluded with my personal belief that we can thrive together, side by side, on our beautiful planet, despite our differences. Today’s world appears to be divided increasingly, and I don’t know about you, but I find this development worrisome. Currently, I am diving into the world of artificial intelligence, and at the speed it is developing, I suspect polarization is about to progress even faster.
Unless we pursue Connection more than ever before.
While believing or not believing in Santa Claus might seem an innocent difference, something definitely not worth fighting over, history has shown that it is. Not only religion-wise it has been a cause for destruction between nations, also within families it has been (and still is) a reason for division.
One of my favorite artists has written a to the point sentence in one of his songs:
Anno 2025 we attack one another over the difference of our skins, genders, beliefs, values, and who knows what more, even about Santa Claus.
disConnect
Although I personally thus believe we can live side by side together without disturbing each other’s peace… I also believe there is a place for disConnection in life.
When you still believe you are superior to another because of your skin color, gender, economic advantage, religion, and it is not OK to you that other people have different beliefs and values, the answer is not to create chaos, trauma, use violence, etc.
The answer is to accept the unavoidable diversity. disConnect when it is better for your or other’s sanity. Distance yourself from that which, or those who, differ too much from your perspectives.
Normality of diversity
Human beings naturally thrive better together. We need one another to survive, because we differ. Those differences are our species’ strength, which helped us to evolve into what we are today. And capable of.
It is why my husband and I are a great team; we have similar and different skill sets. Thanks to the difference, we can survive, evolve and more importantly; successfully Connect together. Per example: Some of my husband’s skills he uses building a fence on our plot. With some of my skills, I grow vegetables in our garden.
It is such differences that make us unique as a person, at the same time, it is the differences that Connect us.
Some of us have a mathematical knob, some of us are creative. Some of us thrive building houses, some of us are better at designing them. Beliefs, values, interests, skills and so much more differentiate us.
It is normal. Not a justification to start fights, let alone wars.
On my virtual home, I advocate to empower each other to find and live the lifestyle suitable to our uniqueness. However, this cannot be done without Connection.
In order to establish healthy Connections to Life, Others, Yourself… embracing each other’s differences is a necessity. It’s what our ancestors have been doing since the beginning of time. It’s why we are as diverse as we are today.
Put in earplugs to avoid the jingles. Else, I say:
Stay Connected ; -)
Surviving, evolving, Connecting together: jolly, uniquely, together.
Warm regards,
Patty Wolters
Previous Connection Letters you can find here: The Connection Letter
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