Day 28 · Interdependence
Stability is something we lend each other.
Independence is often a story told after other people, public systems, luck, and inherited resources have already made stability possible.
The source
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Leviticus 25:35 · King James Version
The thought
Interdependence is not a defect to outgrow. It is the ordinary condition of a life. The responsible question is not whether someone needs support, but whether the support preserves dignity and expands their room to act.
A task for today
Share one resource that increases another person’s stability without increasing your control over them.
Sources
Leviticus 25:35 · Seneca, Moral Letter 95 — mutual aid is part of what makes us human · Social insurance — shared risk protects freedom from preventable ruin · Ubuntu — a life becomes possible through the life of the community
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