Note To Self

No person is an island. The fact that people live within organized society is enough to prove that man finds it more beneficial to work with others, rather than against them. Because of this, it follows that the concept of "self" hangs in a direct balance with that of the whole. It is a given that the drive for individual self preservation is innate within the human person; but the self is no more important than the well-being of the whole. Anything that is good or bad for the whole will prove to ultimatly trickle down and effect the individual. Therefore, as important as it is for one to recognize him or herself as an individual, it is equally important to understand the relationship the self has to the whole.
This understanding becomes even more important as globalization continues to make the world smaller. Isolationism is not longer an option. We now live in a place where a very small group of people can effect a staggering number of people with nothing more than the flip of a switch. Let's just hope we can all get along....