Skipping a flat stone across a pond.

I would guess a good percentage of human beings have skipped a stone across a glassy

pond, or at least attempted to do so. It’s odd how this shared activity connects so many of us across age, gender, wealth, religion and culture. We are excellent fence builders, finding every conceivable way to highlight our differences and take pride in our apparent uniqueness. But the things that make us unique are not our visible characteristics; rather it is in the way we think and express ourselves in word and image and song. For example, MY expression in song is very unique and quite unforgettable, try though you might <insert grinning emoji here>.  Once in a while we come across a thing of such commonality that we amaze ourselves with just how pure and simple our mutual humanity can be. Find a stone. Throw a stone. Count the skips. Welcome to the world.