I said you had to do it. You said you didn't want to. We talked
about it, and we agreed that maybe I could help.
I said you were wrong. You insisted you were right. We held each
other's hand, and right and wrong disappeared.
I began crying. You began crying, too. We embraced, and between
us grew a flower of peace.
How I love this mystery called We! Where does it come from, out
of thin air? I thought about this mystery, and I realized
something : We must be love's favorite child, because until I
reach out for you, We is not even there. It arrives on the wings
of tenderness : it speaks through our silent understanding. When
I laugh at myself, it smiles. When I forgive you, it dances in
jubilation.
So We is not a choice anymore, not if you and I want to grow with
one another. We unites us, increases our strength; it picks up
our burden when you and I are ready to let it fall. The truth is
that you and I would have given up long ago, but We won't let us.
It is too wise. "Look into your hearts," it says. "What do you
see? Not you and I, but only We."