communally or individually

If man was made to live in community,
with society to be the greater entity,
then help me Lord to do and be
productive one of that totality.


But if each is rugged individual here to be,
and self-expression is ultimate uniquity,
then help me Lord to be that specialty
that you have called me here to be.


It takes all kinds to make a world, you see.
We need to live in peace, not enmity.
Please help me, you, who stand here next to me
to be that one that I was meant to be.

Glass half-Full