You are worth it.
Whatever that “IT” may be. You are certainly worthy of it.
The thing of it is, you belong here. You have an undeniable right to be on this big blue ball. The moment you were born, it was gifted to you.
How about that?
It is really pretty incredible when we think of it. Yes. The very instant we came into existence here…. we were given this place, in this time. Only YOU…. in that specific moment, for all of time.
There is no other individual who was ever given that specific spot in the entire clockworks of the Universe. You were meant to be in that body, in that place, for all of history. That moment, and every other moment you experience, are unfolding uniquely. On time.
That in itself is an extremely powerful certainty. But as they say, with power comes responsibility.
Here is the thing. Each one of us were given this bestowal, this endowment, and this responsibility. This place on earth. Our place in existence.
How? How then…. are we responsible?
By being good humans. That’s how.
Since everyone has this same right to be here, we must try to seek acceptance. Acceptance of diversity. People have all sorts of different “things” and just because those “things” are not like ours…. it does not make either one of us right or wrong. Simply different.
People have different bibles, different colors, different languages, customs, beliefs, preferences, and different ways of eating Won Ton Soup.
We need to understand this, to thrive in the complexities of the world we live in today.
On the other hand, we humans were given another great gift. Choice. Yes, each one of us has the power to chose… in any given situation… in any given moment. Pretty amazing thing too, I might add.
But therein, you have the power to chose. You don’t have to accept other’s differences. If you believe your right to be here is greater than someone else’s right…. it is your choice to think that way. You can fight them…. tooth and nail… because their rights are lesser than yours.
Yes. Two incredible gifts. Our given place in time, in all the history, in all of the universe. And, our power to chose.
How will you chose? How will I? And how… on earth… will we?
“It’s enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
“I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am anything that happens after I’m gone which would not have happened if I had not come.”
― Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children