Being Human (No Relationship)

2 Corinthian 5:16-21

There's a show on TV called "Being Human". I've never watched it but from hearing others talk about it and seeing a few promo-ads for the show I think I have an idea what the show is about. Vampires are alive and well in 21st-Century America and are struggling with "fitting in" to society. These vampires, let's call them outcasts, are leaders in business, middle-class workers, and quite honestly people like you and me. The only issue they have is that they are vampires. The outcasts need to survive and their means of survival is the one thing they struggle to be a part of.

The other struggle the outcasts have is that they desperately want to understand human emotion; especially love. It would seem these outcasts believe that through love their separation from humanity will become a thing of the past. There are human characters in the show who are in love with the outcasts and do their best to show the outcasts how to love, but eventually the outcasts act like, well, vampires.

Maybe I should start watching the show...sounds like fun.

The show also sounds like what many of us go through in our own lives. Humanity was created to be in relationship with one another. Despite who and what we are we seek to share our lives with others. I sometimes think about Tom hanks in that movie "Cast Away" and how he became friends with Wilson the volleyball. A relationship is a relationship and as humans we need relationships.

One thing I like about the premise of the show "Being Human" is that the outcasts want to become human. It's too bad some humans, real humans, still resist being human. But that's for another day.