Brother Giovanni's Journal........
As I was getting ready to share with you the history of pizza conglomerate, Pizza digogo DiVinci, Brother Franco stopped by for his usual evening visit.
As you know, by now, Brother Franco is still in limbo as to whether he is going to be the new editor of “The Pizzaonian.” Until that is resolved, my journal will continue to appear as the only column in the paper.
As he usually does, Brother Franco came to the point quickly. He asked why I am writing what I am about Pizzaonia. “Why not tell them why we really portalized here? It is a subject no one wants to touch."
“Go on” he prodded. What do you have to lose? You might even have something to gain.”
Brother Franco was referring to the concept of what it means to be fully human from a Pizzaonian perspective. Pizzaonians feel that while Worldonia and the United States have many good things to be proud of - their citizens have never developed into complete human beings.
I know this sounds terrible from a Worldonian point of view, but Pizzaonians have a very different history of evolution. It took millennia to have a society that has no need for governments or wars - in other words, to become fully human.
Here to be human is to be more than a sophisticated animal that codifies instinct into laws and codes of morality. Yet, that seems to be what you folks have been doing for centuries.
Many of your accepted laws and moral codes originated in the cave as a means of tribal survival and still remain with you today. This is a common belief held by most Pizzaonians, but no one has shared this with Worldonians before.
The basic tenet of being “fully human” here is to create an environment that allows all things to grow. This is the essence of all creativity. If you see and live your life centered around this belief, the need for strife virtually disappears.
In your world, when people achieve this state, they are called saints. Here they are ordinary human beings.
Brother Franco is egging me on, but I had better stop here, before I lead you to believe we are all perfect. Next time, will let Brother Franco tell you what else is on his mind.
Till then ……..
Brother Giovanni
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