All Wounds are Our Own

The essay argues that no matter how great the wall that divides or separates, there really is no “other” place. The connectedness of “me” and “you,” “self” and “other,” “near” and “far”—the deeper sense that we are all of one community, one body, as it were, whether we are aware of it or not, and whether or not we accept it. Carlson contends that greater appreciation of our interconnection can help moderate the divisions and rancor occurring in even the most homogeneous groups—for every injustice or injury hurts all in some way.