American Triangle (Elton John), I Hope The Russians Love Their Children Too (Sting), Everybody's Got A Story (Amanda Marshall)

Your third birthday is just around the corner, and it's time for another entry in my seldom used blog Connor.  This year's entry is a lesson that I hope you don't need to learn for many more years, but it's one of the most important lessons that most people never come to understand.  The lesson is that every person on earth is essentially the same.  We want the same things, which often brings us into conflict.  In order to make our conflict just, we need to find reason to fight.  When you are confronted with warmongers and bullies who try to convince you that someone else is a "bad guy", remember that all human beings believe essentially the same things.  Do not let them misrepresent other people enough to make them "the other".  Ultimately, there is no reason whatsoever to hate other people, which is why we work so hard to find them.

Capitalists, communists, Canadians, Russians, Americans, Muslims and Christians all ultimately value and believe in the same things-- even though they strive to find differences.  Children that are three years old don't see or understand these manufactured differences because they are far wiser than adults.  Remember the wisdom of infancy when someone tries to turn you into a bully or worse, and reject the idea of difference.   

When you understand this lesson, I hope that you will come to regard every other person in the world as your equal and place none above you on a pedestal.  If you really, really master it, you will not even disdain those who disdain others.  Instead, you will pity them.  Not the pity that comes from superiority and condescension, but the genuine regret that you should feel for people who have lost an important part of themselves.  Remember the small, wise, and perfect person that you are today and reject their foolish notions.  I hope that you don't need to remember him because I hope that you never lose him.