Everyone has the same basic needs and emotions. We must put aside our differences and come together as one in peace， understanding and tolerance.

—Susan Polis Schutz

We Need to Feel More

We need to feel more to understand others

We need to love more to be loved back

We need to cry more to cleanse ourselves

We need to laugh more to enjoy ourselves

We need to be honest and fair

when interacting with people

We need to establish a strong ethical basis

as a way of life

We need to see more

than our own little fantasies

We need to hear more

and listen to the needs of others

We need to give more and take less

We need to share more and own less

We need to realize the importance of family

as a backbone to stability

We need to look more and realize that

we are not so different from one another

We need to create a world where

we can trust one another

We need to create a world where

we can all peacefully live

the life we choose

Susan Polis Schutz，美國(guó)現(xiàn)代女詩人，賀卡制作商，生于1944年，在紐約一個(gè)名叫Peekskill的小村莊長(zhǎng)大，7歲即開始寫詩表達(dá)情感。她的丈夫Stephen Schutz也是紐約人，從小即學(xué)習(xí)繪畫，喜愛音樂和藝術(shù)。他們倆在1969年結(jié)婚后不久花了一年的時(shí)間去旅游，沿路賣畫為生。

Susan曾長(zhǎng)期通過寫作為反戰(zhàn)運(yùn)動(dòng)和婦女運(yùn)動(dòng)盡綿薄之力，后和丈夫創(chuàng)立藍(lán)山藝術(shù)公司，從事賀卡制作，將其心聲化作通俗易懂而又具有哲理性的詩句印在賀卡上。Susan著有One World， One Heart和To My Daughter， with Love， on the Important Things in Life等詩集，還是紀(jì)錄片Anyone and Everyone的導(dǎo)演和制片人。

One World， One Heart是Susan和丈夫在美國(guó)發(fā)生9 · 11事件后創(chuàng)作出來的頗具鼓舞性質(zhì)的心靈讀物，自2001年10月出版以來，已向世界各地免費(fèi)贈(zèng)閱了650萬本。讀讀Susan Polis Schutz在該詩集的序里寫下的心聲，相信你會(huì)和她有所共鳴。

“我們都聽著相同的聲音，看著同一片天。我們流出相同的淚，持有著相同的情感。但，仇恨、暴力、不容忍，使人們生活在困惑中。我們并沒盡力去相互理解。我們似乎沒有意識(shí)到，不管我們是誰，從哪里來，都有著相同的基本需要。我們必須了解人與人之間的差異，慶祝其共同點(diǎn)。我們必須建造一個(gè)和平的世界，在那里有愛和友情充滿我們的心田，平等、尊重、同情和慈愛引導(dǎo)我們的行為，只有如此，我們才能如愿和平共處。”