Why Can’t We Just Get Along

What happened to kindness?
When did love become a debate instead of a lifestyle?
Why did humanity forget that we all breathe the same air?
In Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?, author Allen DeKeyser delivers a raw, unfiltered, and deeply human journey through division, pain, and the relentless work of repair. Told through vivid storytelling, community resilience, and emotional honesty, this book isn’t about slogans or speeches—it’s about the everyday people who quietly rebuild peace one small act at a time.
From city benches turned into gathering places, to ordinary neighbors who remind us what empathy looks like in action, DeKeyser writes with a mix of heart and hard truth. He asks the question we’ve all been avoiding—and builds a blueprint for how we can finally start living the answer.
This book will make you feel something—hope, humility, conviction, maybe even guilt—and then hand you tools to do something with it.
It’s not a book about politics.
It’s a book about people.
About grace that grows in hard soil.
And about the simple truth that we don’t need to be perfect to make peace—we just need to care enough to try.
Whether you’ve lost faith in humanity or you’re still fighting to believe in it, Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? is a reminder that love is not weakness—it’s leadership.
Because peace isn’t passive—it’s a choice we keep making.