Society is divided by rather clearly demarcated artificial lines, and I’m not talking about the blatantly obvious lines of race, gender or religion, but rather about abilities, capabilities, skills, aptitudes and interests.
It may be what sport or hobby you excel at, what subjects you naturally find easy, your body size and shape, and very often, what course of study you choose or are able to follow. Society judges people by the shallow G-d given natural attributes and how we use those, rather than what sort of a person we are, and how we contribute to society.
The biggest problem comes when we start to judge ourselves by the artificially created and maintained social stratification of a limited material world, than by the deeper, more meaningful and longer lasting qualities of our personality, our values and principles and our vision for the world, not just for our own ego-driven potential status.
I believe that nobody alive today is an accident, we each bring particular skills, viewpoints, and of course energies to this world, which contribute an essential element to the balance of the world.
Just like a fine Swiss clock contains a multitude of tiny pieces, insignificant on it’s own, but each one an essential part of providing accurate time to the user of that clock, each one of us contributes equally to the world we live in, for exactly as long as we are needed as a vital cog is this mechanism of life.
My challenge to you is twofold:-
1. Take some quite time, over time, to identify what your UNIQUE qualities and gifts are. Not in relationship to anything else, just as independent contributions to society. KNOW yourself. And ask the Universe to guide you on where those can be best used for the best of society AND to sustain you in a practical and meaningful way.
2. For every person you know, currently and repeat as you meet new people, ignore the labels, titles, qualifications and status they hold, project and are known for, irrespective if they are considered elite or “peasants” or anything in between, and identify what their unique skill and contribution is to the world, both practicalities and values. Consciously chose to relate to them from your greatest qualities and values to their contributions and values, and acknowledge them for the unique contribution to the world, not for where they don’t fit the social status projected ideals, or even your own projected ideals.
The REWARD for this, is firstly that YOU will live a live with a greater sense of meaning and purpose, releasing all the great hormones that leave you filled with a sense of belonging, joy, happiness and satisfaction.
You will also contribute to a world where more people resonate with those same values, as they will be SEEN by you for what they contribute, not what they lack, and we have all been taught that “what gets recognised gets done”.
What sort of a world are you going to create for yourself and your loved ones to live in, by what you focus on and reward.