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I keep getting asked what Ubuntu means, and I smile each time. I smile, not because I get to say the word, although that is fun in and of itself (oo-boon-too), but I smile because I get to remember.
Ubuntu is an African philosophy more than just a word. It refers to the interconnectedness of all humanity. Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, people with Ubuntu “know that they are diminished when others are humiliated, diminished when others are oppressed, diminished when others are treated as if they were less than who they are.”
It is “love thy neighbor” or “do unto others” all wrapped up in a single word. And my neighbors include every single person on this planet! 
Deborah says:
Amy,
You ask a good question, and you gave the best answer… you opened up to talk about it ... and you used the word WE.
Today I do not have the need to convince others that I am right or innocent. I just get to practice what I believe to be true. The amazing thing that happens is that I do not have to find people who… they find me.
Posted on Thu, May 2008
Amy Hill says:
If we are really starting to recognize this as a whole, why do so few people actually open up and talk about it? Maybe it’s just where I live…
How do you find people who believe that we are one without having the base be on religion?
Who can answer that one??? (Good luck).
Posted on Wed, May 2008