As an individual in a society, I am no more than an ant who serves her queen. Yet, each ant has a purpose, however small, to maintain the health and well-being

As an individual in a society, I am no more than an ant who serves her queen. Yet, each ant has a purpose, however small, to maintain the health and well-being of the colony. An ant lost is a tragedy, a colony lost is another step towards extinction. This is not the reality we live in. We are less than proverbial ants, we are grains of sand beat back ceaselessly into the past. We disintegrate, we stagnate; but for every tiny piece of sand extinguished, thousands more are borne out of the granite slabs of time. I admire the Chinese for awaking to the artificial construction of American exceptionalism. I only wish each nation's citizenry could use that same looking glass to peer within.