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“ I am what I am because of who we are”

We are all bound together by things that are invisible to the eye, by our emotions, by our gratitude and by our compassion towards others. Ubuntu is a faceless philosophy that binds us together to create something more than just the individual. Ubuntu asks us to open our hearts and allow others to inspire our hearts to live for more than just ourselves; to encourage the creation of a more collective society and to consider the success of the group above that of the individual.

Suggesting that the only way for us to be human is to share our humanity with other people and to have it reflected back at us, understanding that our Ubuntu is what connects us with the world. The philosophy that doesn’t judge our success on money or materialism yet for our kindness towards and our willingness to help others. A perspective that believes the progression of the world lays in the collection of simple gestures of compassion towards others rather than grand activity.

The essence of being human is to give ourselves to the best interests of others and allow the synchronisation of our actions to develop. Understanding that we can’t exist in isolation and we cannot be human by ourselves is the first step to changing our world.

“ Humanity should be our race and love should be our religion”
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