We Are All One

WE are all one.

We ARE all one.

We are ALL one.

We are all ONE.

Say each line to yourself and put emphasis on each capitalized word.

Slowly repeat.

Whisper.

Feel the words.

There is as much message in this short exercise as in my entire song.

Sing it.

Dance to it.

Repeat it.

Repeat is a very, very, very important concept. As important as all the other

words in the title, WE ARE ALL ONE. Practice requires repetition. Disciplined

repetition is required for us to improve in any area of life.

WE ARE ALL ONE.

Let’s go word for word…

WE says it ALL. This is not just about you. Not just about me. WE! Get it? Everyone of us. WE are in this together. It’s hard for me to move on when WE is so important. WE. Feel WE. WE is so far beyond me. Me is important. Don’t get me wrong. I/me wrote this song. But not remotely by myself. I’ve read so many books. I’ve learned from so many wise teachers. My children have taught me much more than I’ve taught them.

Sure, I wrote this message.

I did.

But what is the truth?

Did only I write it?

ARE also says it ALL.

Oh, did I already say WE says it all? I did. Then how can ARE and WE be the most important words? Hold on tight and remember…there may just be more than only ONE most important word. Is that logical or even possible? Much of our wisdom goes beyond logic. Maybe even most of our wisdom goes beyond logic. ARE is a verb. WE is both a pronoun and a verb. Both. Not either-or. Think about it. No, don’t just think about it. Every subject, noun or pronoun does something. I wish my 7th grade English teacher, Stan Ashe, was here. He passed away last year. He taught me grammar and soooo much more. And even though he passed away a year ago, he has never left. Hard to argue against that illogical truth. This is ALL true, about you and me, too. We don’t ever leave when we depart.

ALL says it ALL!

Oh, boy! What isn’t ALL? Right? ALL = ALL. Not less than ALL. Not more than ALL. ALL = ALL. That is even logical, if you know what I mean. ALL is everyone. ALL is everything. ALL leaves nothing out. Nothing is left out. No thing is left out. Not the bees. Not the trees. Not the seas. Not the breeze. Not the fees. Not he’s or she’s. See where this is going? Not the knees or the fleas, either.

ALL = ALL.

No thing is left out.

Now, finally, ONE.

Before a young rabbi knocked on my door (now he is one of my very best friends) and asked to come into my office eighteen years ago, I always thought ONE = 1. Little did I know the biggest truth of ALL. ONE is not only the mathematical number 1, but in the rabbi’s words, “There is nothing but ONE.” His words gave me the chills and still do.

What is not connected when we go just a little bit outside our limited egos? NO THING is not connected.

We need the moon.

We need the sun.

We need the trees, the bees, the birds and the fleas.

This could be the chorus of our new song. Feel it. What have we ever done ALL by ourselves? Totally independently? I didn’t make one single thing in my beautiful home. Not the windows. Not the floors. Not the doors. Not the mattress, the sheets or the blankets.

I need you and you and you…

WE ARE ALL ONE

This article appears in the Source November 6, 2025.