It is a great feeling to
be with people. Many individuals prefer being in the company of friends whom
they understand each other to greater extends. However, the people whom we
surround ourselves with, always have a way to our day to day life. Their
influence comes to us in both positive and negative bearings, but because it is
happiness that matters, I find more heft in the positives rather than the
negatives. I cannot imagine being in a society where persons exist in
individualistic communities among themselves; people who consider their own
affairs vivacious to the others.
It was not until when I
come to experience the joy of being together, the warmth that comes with
friendship, brotherhood that I show the meaning of togetherness. Belonging to
each other is a possible experience but hard to find most often outside our
homes. Survival in a community with a completely different setup from ones
family is a challenge to many. A challenge which is possible to overcome if
only one will recognises the beauty that comes with the presence of the other
in whatever circumstance one maybe in.
Seeing the other as
special and whose presence is as a gift from the creator, is the starting point
of recognising the importance of togetherness.
It is through togetherness that we derive the meaning of our own lives as
having the mystic power of Him who brought us into existence. The joys and
sorrows we share as a people keep us going. In one’s low moment, he/she needs
the other for consolation and in high moments still the presences of someone to
share the joy which is very invigorating.
Friendship in any society
is of great importance. It is unity that creates harmony and respect of each
other. A community built in the spirit of love and togetherness lives in peace
and happiness. Members in such a community experience that sense of belonging and
of responsibility to one another. Living with concern of each other, love each
and respect of one another establish a strong and firm community. Hence to have
a potent community, we are entitled to work towards the building of a
community/ society in the spirit of oneness.
For we all belong together.
By KUCHIO OKELLO EDWIN