"Strength in Unity" by ARK

There is no strength in numbers. Numbers are nothing without unity.

Look at the rain, then look at the ocean. Both are made of water, but they are very different in nature. The rain falls scattered across the field below it, while the ocean creates waves that rock back and forth.

Both are large volumes of liquid, but there is just one difference: one lacks unity.

Rain falls separately, almost one by one. They stay on the same dark cloud, but choose to drop apart from one another. Imagine if the rain fell just once, with all its drops together. What impact would that giant drop have on the ground? There's a lot of difference that unity creates.

But the ocean waves, they move together. They stay together until they reach the shore or at least until they bump into another wave. These waves are so united they can move anything they come across. But come to think of it, a wave is just made of harmless water.

Imagine two countries, both with a large population. The difference only lies on whether the people work together or live selfishly. One country could use the people's unity as a resource: Man Power, as they call it. Then the country would be productive. They would have a stable economy, and they would come to know peace.

The other country could have the same large number of people. But if the people are not united, they would only become a burden. Instead of being a productive force, they become a hard-to-fix problem. How hard must it be for the government to fix a scattered problem?

How do people become united anyway? Is it when people do not commit crime because they fear hurting others? No, that does not happen in today's society. What we need, we try to claim. And whoever gets in our way would get hurt.

How do we unite in today's society?

I believe we get united by simply doing what we have to do, and reinforcing it with the help of others who have that same mission. Whether we need to establish a successful business, or get high grades, get a good job, or even commit a bank robbery, we need to be united with someone has our vision.

Weird as it may seem, but whether you choose to do something good or bad, your success would only amount to the number of help you get. The united good would eventually finish the united evil. That is supposed to be how balance works.

A country that would do what it has to do, and does it well will find that balance. A country whose people remain ignorant with their government's issues and remain detached to it will not find that balance.

To survive in today's society, we must make a crack on the ground. We need to move anything that gets in our way. Either we become one solid drop of rain or one powerful wave. Whatever happens, we cannot let ourselves become meaningless drops.