{"id":4598,"date":"2015-09-03T23:12:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T03:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2015-09-04T00:07:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T04:07:55","slug":"choosy-earthlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=4598","title":{"rendered":"Choosy Earthlings."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DUDESofEarth\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You are worth it.<\/p>\n

Whatever that \u201cIT\u201d may be.\u00a0 You are certainly worthy of it.<\/p>\n

The thing of it is, you belong here.\u00a0 You have an undeniable right to be on this big blue ball.\u00a0 The moment you were born, it was gifted to you.<\/p>\n

How about that?<\/p>\n

It is really pretty incredible when we think of it.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 The very instant we came into existence here\u2026. we were given this place, in this time.\u00a0 Only YOU\u2026. in that specific moment, for all of time.<\/p>\n

There is no other individual who was ever given that specific spot in the entire clockworks of the Universe.\u00a0\u00a0 You were meant to be in that body, in that place, for all of history.\u00a0 That moment, and every other moment you experience, are unfolding uniquely.\u00a0 On time.<\/p>\n

That in itself is an extremely powerful certainty.\u00a0 But as they say, with power comes responsibility.<\/p>\n

Here is the thing.\u00a0 Each one of us were given this bestowal, this endowment, and this responsibility. This place on earth.\u00a0 Our place in existence.<\/p>\n

How?\u00a0 How then…. are we responsible?<\/p>\n

By being good humans.\u00a0 That\u2019s how.<\/p>\n

Since everyone has this same right to be here, we must try to seek acceptance.\u00a0 Acceptance of diversity.\u00a0 People have all sorts of different \u201cthings\u201d and just because those \u201cthings\u201d are not like ours…. it does not make either one of us right or wrong.\u00a0 Simply different.<\/p>\n

People have different bibles, different colors, different languages, customs, beliefs, preferences, and different ways of eating Won Ton Soup.<\/p>\n

We need to understand this, to thrive in the complexities of the world we live in today.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, we humans were given another great gift.\u00a0 Choice.\u00a0 Yes, each one of us has the power to chose\u2026 in any given situation\u2026 in any given moment.\u00a0 Pretty amazing thing too, I might add.<\/p>\n

But therein, you have the power to chose.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to accept other\u2019s differences.\u00a0 If you believe your right to be here is greater than someone else\u2019s right\u2026. it is your choice to think that way.\u00a0 You can fight them\u2026. tooth and nail\u2026 because their rights are lesser than yours.<\/p>\n

Yes.\u00a0 Two incredible gifts.\u00a0 Our given place in time, in all the history, in all of the universe.\u00a0 And, our power to chose.<\/p>\n

How will you chose?\u00a0 How will I?\u00a0 And how\u2026 on earth\u2026 will we?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u2015 Gabriel Garc\u00ed\u00ada M\u00e1rquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI 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.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u2015 Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You are worth it. Whatever that \u201cIT\u201d may be.\u00a0 You are certainly worthy of it. The thing of it is, you belong here.\u00a0 You have an undeniable right to be on this big blue ball.\u00a0 The moment you were born, it was gifted to you. How about that? It is really pretty incredible when we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nowyouseeit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4598"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4604,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598\/revisions\/4604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}