Complexities

I'm trying to see complexly.

Not simply.
Not in stark black and white
that limits my comprehension
and robs me of nuance and shades and  subtleties
of being alive.

Complexity is challenging
when nearly all humans are subconsciously/consciously
trained
to live in a
black and white world.

Black and white.

Us vs them.
Him vs her.
Rich vs poor.
Native born vs immigrant.
Our skin color vs their skin color.
My beliefs vs your beliefs.
Good vs evil.

Everything that is me
vs
everything that is you.

Our symmetrical bodies
and bi-hemispheric brains
demand to see things
in pairs of opposites.

Our great challenge is not to abandon
our terrible visceral connection
to living, breathing, thinking, loving, understanding
in cemented pairs of this or that.

Our great challenge is to embrace what we are,
and to rise above it.

Within every thing, every situation that seems determined to divide us
is common ground.

That common ground IS the complexity.
That common ground IS the nuance, shade and subtlety.

I am convinced that if we can only find that common ground--
that shared foundation of need and feeling and simply being alive--
then
only then
will we metamorphose
from being merely human
to being a part of humanity.

CHM