(Un)Common Sense

   If you had to lose one of your five senses which would you choose? Sight - would you even see this? Hearing - wouldn’t you miss the music? Touch - hot, cold, whatever! Smell - is that you or the dog? Taste - would we still crave chocolate?

   How do people manage without one or more of these senses? It is amazing to me. I always admired people like Helen Keller. They can still contribute so much to the world. Even with all five senses some of us don’t do so well. 

   So there must be something more than just our five senses that add to our humanity.

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   Of course there are lots of things. Something deeper than a physical sense, or another kind of sense: sense of self, sense of responsibility, sense of honor, sense of humor, sense of belonging. You name it - it’s sensational!

   When something is “senseless” it doesn’t mean lacking the five bodily senses. It’s deeper, cutting right to the core of being a human - being authentic, being real, being able to empathize, care, understand.

   The senseless people are all around us. We see evidence everyday on our Twitter and Facebook streams, we hear about it in the gossip, we shake hands with dishonest dealers, we smell the stench of pollution, we taste the impurities in the water and food.

   What is wrong with us? Where is our humanity? Have we lost our senses?      Theresa M.

     quote:  "Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people."   Carl Jung