The Many and the One
How does a phenomena that reaches the many reach one heart?
A song that becomes popular resonates with me so strongly that I can feel the pain or joy of that song?
A movie that thousands, hundreds of thousands and in some cases, millions of people will see brings me to tears and laughter like it was about me?
A book or series of books that hang onto the bestsellers lists makes me want an 7th sequel when it stops at the 7th book.
It’s simple really. The reason a phenomena reaches out and affected me after it’s touched the many is because it has affected me. And I am more alike with someone who lives in Orange County, or the boroughs of Louisiana, or downtown Tokyo than sometimes we’d care to admit. There’s not a lot, but there are some things that speak to us universally. Why?
Because that’s how God made us.
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