The Commonality of Humanity; the Things that make us ONE! (2) – Our Birth!

Sometimes, we place so much emphasis on what sets us apart; the focus is always on what makes a group of people different from others. As a result we forget that we have so much in common: the commonalities of humanity. Starting yesterday (written some time ago, i'm republishing it), I began this new series to highlight the things that make us one. This is part 2.

Every human being on earth today was conceived and given birth to naturally or was delivered through a surgical procedure. There is no human alive who just materialized from nowhere. No one came to life by binary fission of the parents or by chemical concoction in a science lab. We were all born. We all are the product of the union of an egg and a sperm; whether this union took place naturally or in a tube. We all developed to full form in a human abdomen and at the length of time we were born or extracted into this world as living humans.

In discussing the use of an ultrasound in determining the age of a pregnancy (gestational age), Dr Anthony O. Marinho, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist wrote in the book, ‘Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Developing Countries’ edited by Prof. Okonofua and Dr. Odunsi (Page 31): “Ultrasound is most accurate early in pregnancy when most fetuses are the same size of age regardless of sex, race, genetic, nutritional and other environmental factors. Later in the pregnancy, these factors cause babies conceived in the same day by different couples to have different biometric measurements.” What this implies is that at conception and in the early stages of life, we were all the same size irrespective of who we are or where we came from.

Why is that important to my discourse? It does not matter whether my parents were rich or poor, black or white, tall or short, educated or illiterate, able or disabled; I was not different from others at conception and at the early stage of my life. Yes, later on, life happened and I changed more and more to reflect my heritage, my upbringing and the environment I lived in. Nevertheless, at the point where life began, at the beginning of the beginning, we looked just the same. The next time someone looks down on you because you are not as endowed as he/she is, don’t despair. Just remember: we all came from the same place and traveled the same route and then life (which was beyond our control) happened.

This is testimony to the fact that we were created by one Mind, one God. We are not a product of some random evolutionary mischief. 7 billion people on earth today came to life through the same process. That is not chance. That is a product of a deliberate action; the realization of one set of ideals, one set of goals, one set of visions and one purpose. Indeed, One Creator!