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(I wrote this when I was 16 years old (40 years ago!). As I dug it out I was actually quite impressed with my views at that age so long ago and how relevant it is even today.) People are everywhere. All the people in the world, no matter what culture, no matter what color, are still just people. But is everyone the same? You may say no, but I say yes. We are more the same than we are different. Don't all people love? Don't all people hate? Don't all people eat, sleep, worry, think and care? I believe we all care whether we want to admit it or not. But I also believe that people are different in several ways too. All people don't speak the same language, or feel the same way about certain issues. We don't all like the same foods or music. These are the things that set us all apart and keep us separated. But we were all created in the same image, as one people, with all the same makeup. At least that's the way it was supposed to be. We the people messed it all up. We sinned, so God had to divide us. He separated us. Remember the Tower of Babel? He gave us all different languages to speak so we would have more trouble understanding one another. But at one time, we were all one people. Then he gave us different lands to inhabit. He separated us even more. He did a pretty good job of separating us, don't you think? But in the beginning, we were one people. One people, under Him. That's what we once were, a long time ago. I think that's what we should be now. I believe that is what we could be again. If we wanted to. I believe we can be one people. All we have to do is believe in ourselves and believe in each other. We should listen to our friends, neighbors, and relatives and try to understand each other. Other people have different views than we do. They come from different cultures. They like different foods and music. But they were created by God also. If God wanted everyone to be the same and think the same, He would have made us all the same. But He gave us differences. We are different, but we are not so different. We are more the same than we realize. We are all just people. One people. And in time, we can yet become one people again. One nation, one world.
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