Where are we now? Firstly lets get to grips with that idea. Its we. We are human beings and we are in this together, us and the planet and the rest of the fauna and flora. All our time right up to the present, we have been fighting, competing, about everything, from who owns what piece of land, to what god we should be praying to. Over the last century there has been a gradual realisation of the truth of our situation. Two world wars set the tone, the first was the war to end all wars and shortly after the second culminated in the two atom bombs. The realisation that we had reached the point where we had developed the power to blow up the planet was a sobering moment. We had the cold war, the space race, again the moment of the beautiful photo of planet earth from a distance permeated the consciousness of us living in it. Now we have the internet, the www, mobile phones, instant communication to any other part of the planet and which was instrumental in the “Arab spring”. So, recent history has pushed us into the present now with the dawning realisation that it is “we”. But we still have the age old characteristics, the negative side of our human nature, to deal with. Me, us and them, rich and poor, black and white, the selfish uncaring bad old self. Is there a way of overcoming this negativity. “Yes we can” had a ring to it that resonated for a while but did not really materialise, “yes we care” might have a better chance of gaining a foothold. This caring side of our nature sees a bigger picture, one beyond the narrow confines of me, and can and does inspire the idea of the common good.