Brought Together



Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." 
- Vincent Van Gogh

Inspiration comes from some of the most unusual places. Little did I know that watching an old 1940's, black and white film would inspire today's post, but Passport to Pimlico did just that.
 
This quaint comedy tells the story of a neighborhood in London that suddenly finds itself in an international dispute that leads to the isolation of the neighborhood as a foreign domain.  The good people of the neighborhood must band together to keep their sovereignty. The intrepid community quickly realizes that while they can survive many of the ills that befall them, they cannot survive alone.
 
This lesson, I believe, speaks loudly to all of us in the US, now. We are part of the world community. We cannot isolate ourselves from that community, nor our responsibilities to that community.  For better or worse, we are all in this together - each person, family, village, city, state, principality, and nation. When one part of our world suffers, we all suffer. When one part of our world thrives, we all thrive. 
 
The folks in Passport to Pimlico learned this lesson - a lesson that showed viewers how postwar England could not live isolated from the rest of the world. Neither can we. 
 
Each small kindness we do, each random act of love brings us all closer together, and together, we can do great things!
 
Blessings.

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