This is a view of El Capitan and Half Dome in Yosemite. I took this photo 9 years ago when we visited California. About a year ago, we got a puzzle that had almost the same view. And yet, not exactly the same. I’m sure many hundreds if not thousands of their individuals have taken similar photos but I am confident none are exactly the same as this one.

That is us. No matter how similar, not exactly the same. It is tempting to divide the world into “us” and “them.” “Us” are people who are “just like us” and “Them” are people who are not at all like us. This is not just an oversimplification of the world, it is flat out wrong. We do well when we both recognize and appreciate the ways we are different.