Nobody is born Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Atheist, Republican, Democrat. People are born human and are conditioned by narratives and ideologies of race, religion, culture, politics, nationality, and society. This is not necessarily a problem, unless it causes you to violate the first and most fundamental truth of who we all are – human. Identity narratives should not tell you who to love and who to hate, who to accept and who to reject, who to defend and who to attack, who to help and who to disregard.

We are all 100% human. This means we all need the same things, ultimately want the same things, and fear the same things. Don’t let the labels fool you. At the deepest level we are more alike than our ideologies will admit. What is most intimate, is most universal. Press deep enough into each other’s hearts and lived human experience, and we find each other.