What does it mean, to belong
together? Simply that, on our own, even the greatest of us is only quite small.
We are formed and made to be part of something greater than our mere selves: to
give and to receive, to love and to be loved, to be cared for and to care. We
are measured not by what we get and gather and own, but by what we give: within
our families and with our children, in the nurture and teaching we have offered;
among our friends, in our loyalty, and in our sharing of joys and tears; and
within the wider world, in service and compassion, in perseverance and honest
work. Like leaves on a tree, one day it will be our time to fall, and for some
this will be too soon and out of season. But what each of us has given to the
greater whole really matters; each life matters, each person matters, and what
we have given of ourselves is what will live on.
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