Just thinking, Day 167

A man should look for what is and not for what he thinks should be.                                          -Albert Einstein

Maybe we should spend less time looking around. Maybe we should start seeing what’s in front of us. What if people stopped comparing theirs to yours and everyone else’s and started appreciating what they have?

I am very much an American. I believe in the right to life and the freedom of choice. I believe that all mankind should have access to medical care and that no one should go hungry. I believe that clean water shouldn’t be a privilege. I also believe that people who don’t have access to food, and clean water, and medical care should be noticed, recognized and taken care of by all of us who are living in abundance. And that is not only my belief but it’s an American principle (that we conveniently tend to overlook and forget).

All that said people have the right to choose how they are going to live. Someone isn’t necessarily “poor” because they are living in a tiny house without a television, automobile, an abundance of food and even electricity or running water. If this is their choice then what really makes them any different than you and I? Someone isn’t more beautiful just because they wear nicer clothing, better or more makeup, and can afford and choose to get a more expensive hair cut. A man is no better or admirable because he chooses to further educate himself. A man isn’t any less of a man because he doesn’t finish high school. We all make choices. We all live our own lives.

Unfortunately we all look at each other and then compare. We tend to think that our one little piece of candy isn’t so great after we notice the kitchen filled with candy that our neighbor has. Or we become quite proud of our measly little 1 piece once we realize that there are a lot of people out there who haven’t any.

I say, that as long as you’re making your own choices and doing what’s best for you then who’s to say you’re less or more, better or worse off than so and so? We need to stop belittling and idolizing and we need to just start living. Once we realize that everyone is human, that everyone has similar feelings underneath that skin of theirs, that everyone lives and dies and that no one can change any of this then life will become much more of what I think it was meant to be.

As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in [Jesus] will never be put to shame.” For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile-the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Rom 10:11-13