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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
What we value in people
Looking at what is in the news makes me think about what kind of world we live in. We seem to live in a world that values youth, looks and overt sexuality. We are exposed to these messages every second it seems. We need to color our hair, grow or have the right pout, and wear and drive the latest model car and the best designer clothes. Professionals are even judged but how much money they make. Which asks the question? Who is more successful, Mother Theresa or Donald Trump. Food for thought there!
Seems like it is very easy to get stuck in a superficial, never ending quest for more. Yes, never ending. We can end up caged in our thoughts while on a wheel thinking we are moving forward but infact wasting a lot of energy.
Then we hear about people affected by various medical problems including being stricken by flesh eating bacteria and losing their limbs, all their limbs. What may that person think as the shock wears off and they have to live in the world? Realistically, they most problaby will need a lot a therapy both physical and emotional to return to functioning that will be not be the same. It will be a new life and yes, there is life.
But what can we learn from these situations? A lot! We need to return to a time when people were valued not by perceived wealth or physical attributes which now most likely are surgically enhanced but by their souls. Their ability to love, have emphathy and be giving to their community. We can not take the wealth with us. At birth and death we are all the same. I feel that we need to redirect our focus from weatlth and phyical features. If we give, we recieve. Perhaps focusing on loving and caring for ourselves and others. I heard someone say once " God doesn't make junk. " We all have strengths and weaknesses that makes us who we are. We are like Yin Yang. We need to begin loving our strenghths and our weaknesses as well as others'. It would be such a neat world if it did not matter what we looked like, what we drove, or what our financial assets were and we can love one another. A world like that would embrace a person who's life has been healvily altered by disease. A person "disfigured " by accident or disease. I guess I can dream and try to be an example.
Seems like it is very easy to get stuck in a superficial, never ending quest for more. Yes, never ending. We can end up caged in our thoughts while on a wheel thinking we are moving forward but infact wasting a lot of energy.
Then we hear about people affected by various medical problems including being stricken by flesh eating bacteria and losing their limbs, all their limbs. What may that person think as the shock wears off and they have to live in the world? Realistically, they most problaby will need a lot a therapy both physical and emotional to return to functioning that will be not be the same. It will be a new life and yes, there is life.
But what can we learn from these situations? A lot! We need to return to a time when people were valued not by perceived wealth or physical attributes which now most likely are surgically enhanced but by their souls. Their ability to love, have emphathy and be giving to their community. We can not take the wealth with us. At birth and death we are all the same. I feel that we need to redirect our focus from weatlth and phyical features. If we give, we recieve. Perhaps focusing on loving and caring for ourselves and others. I heard someone say once " God doesn't make junk. " We all have strengths and weaknesses that makes us who we are. We are like Yin Yang. We need to begin loving our strenghths and our weaknesses as well as others'. It would be such a neat world if it did not matter what we looked like, what we drove, or what our financial assets were and we can love one another. A world like that would embrace a person who's life has been healvily altered by disease. A person "disfigured " by accident or disease. I guess I can dream and try to be an example.
Value of people?
We live in a society focused on outward appearance and the appearance of wealth. More of the "show and flaunt it" wealth than on wealth of knowledge and intelligence or values, morals and love of others. This is what I have learned from what is popular on television shows and the way I see people carry themselves. It seems that people are valued by how much money they appear to have and what they look like. There are countless advertisements and news stories about cosmetic surgeries. Seems you can have yourself radically altered these days. There is also the pursuit of money and material things. It is like living in a cage with a wheel. We are in constant motion but where are we going and what is the goal?
So we live in the quest of beauty and money. But then we turn on the news to stories of people stricken with disease or by an accident and having lost limbs and being radically changed physically, coping with limitations and emotionally scared. What then?
What can a person stricken by such devastation feel or think? Living in the same world we live where we value all these exterior things, what must they feel and what will happen to them?
I think it makes us wander what is really of value. These people are alive, will survive and will have feelings as will their loving family. What is their purpose and what can they provide society. I think that they are living examples of how people are not what they wear, drive or earn. They are living examples of a love of life. We all have souls, thoughts, and feelings. We all have strengths and weaknesses. We are like Yin/Yang. It would be great if we focused more on our values, morals, and good works. They say no man is an island. I don't think we were created to judge each other on how we look or how much money we have attained. It's funny because what we believe to be beautiful today is tomorrow's ugly and what is rich? As someone one asked, who is more successful, Mother Teresa or Donald Trump?
If we learn to love our neighbors we practice something that will grow. We will love one another and ultimately ourselves. Now, THAT, is priceless. Perhaps the best anti aging secret too.
So we live in the quest of beauty and money. But then we turn on the news to stories of people stricken with disease or by an accident and having lost limbs and being radically changed physically, coping with limitations and emotionally scared. What then?
What can a person stricken by such devastation feel or think? Living in the same world we live where we value all these exterior things, what must they feel and what will happen to them?
I think it makes us wander what is really of value. These people are alive, will survive and will have feelings as will their loving family. What is their purpose and what can they provide society. I think that they are living examples of how people are not what they wear, drive or earn. They are living examples of a love of life. We all have souls, thoughts, and feelings. We all have strengths and weaknesses. We are like Yin/Yang. It would be great if we focused more on our values, morals, and good works. They say no man is an island. I don't think we were created to judge each other on how we look or how much money we have attained. It's funny because what we believe to be beautiful today is tomorrow's ugly and what is rich? As someone one asked, who is more successful, Mother Teresa or Donald Trump?
If we learn to love our neighbors we practice something that will grow. We will love one another and ultimately ourselves. Now, THAT, is priceless. Perhaps the best anti aging secret too.
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