Over the course of this week I have been fortunate enough to be involved with the film Belonging: The Truth Behind the Headlines
So today I have chosen a poem to highlight solidarity a word which cropped up frequently within the film.
Solidarity
Solidarity means together we stand
Always ready to lend you a hand
If you’re in distress we’re there for you
It is Life’s own law, it’s not something new
Hurricane or flood, earthquake or drought
Or the problems that people’s own hands may have wrought
Solidarity means not just grieving for you
It’s doing what we can to give help to you
It could be us tomorrow, if it’s you today
For troubles can come anybody’s way
Blessed are those who remember this fact
And live their lives according to that
Black, white, brown, yellow, colors of life
Diversity is what really gives our lives spice
Yet, despite being different, we’re all the same
Just look at the color that runs through our veins
Our hearts, our bodies, all of us feel pain
And to cry for others is to be humane
Compassion, this feeling – it runs so deep
If one part hurts, the whole body can’t sleep
Helping each other gives meaning to life
It’s the kind of goal for which we should strive
Because Life’s about more than just me and you
Let’s put in our best, there’s so much we can do
Solidarity means strength, it should be our aim
Without it humanity would be put to shame
So let’s join hands, there’s work for everyone
There’s no better way of getting things done.
by Farhat Hashmi
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Wow strong poem. Love it. Same goes true for old values, my Scottish grandmother would say it takes a village to raise a child. During the wars of World War 1 and World War 2 towns and villages would help each other their was no rich or poor, etc. Everyone traded their goods so that no one starved, people checked on each other, even took strangers into their homes to be safe.
Sometimes modern times forget that. It is not what you own, such as material things it is how you treat mankind and nature that really matters. God bless my Granny’s (Nana) teachings.
Tina B