A member sent me these lines today – and I immediately had to think of N.E.X.U.S. 💛

The Persian poet Saadi wrote back in the 13th century:

Human beings are members of a single body, interwoven with one another, created from the same essence of creation.

If illness afflicts only a single limb, no rest or peace remains for the others.

If the pain of others does not burn in your heart, you do not deserve to be called human.

For me, this describes very precisely what we mean by the Human Family.

I believe many of us ended up at N.E.X.U.S. in the first place because we simply cannot block out the pain of this world. Because we care when humans suffer, when animals suffer, when nature is destroyed, or when our society becomes increasingly cold and divided.

And perhaps that is precisely our common ground:

We feel that the pain of another person concerns us.

For me, N.E.X.U.S. is the attempt to turn this compassion into more than just a feeling. To create structures in which humanity, mutual aid, and responsibility can truly be lived.

We are not separate from one another.

When one part of the Human Family suffers, it affects us all.

Thank you Elisa for sending this beautiful piece. 💛